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Screen idea · One situation, drawn from all four sections. Today the discharge guide sits in Caregiving Support, the services that help sit in Care Services, and the grants sit in Financial Assistance, with nothing joining them. This page starts from the questions in AIC's own discharge checklist and puts the answer beside each one, whichever section it lives in. No new content is written: every item is an existing AIC page, labelled with its section. AIC's full Discharge Preparation checklist stays on its own page, one link away, so this page can stay short.

A guide for families

Coming home from hospital

Your loved one will be discharged soon. Here is what to sort out, in order, and the help that exists for each part.

A family speaking with staff at an AIC Link

Start with the people already around you. The discharge nurse, the medical social worker, or the AIC Link in the hospital can arrange most of what follows.

AIC guideDischarge PreparationThe full checklist of questions to ask before discharge and at home.

Tap beside anything useful to add it to your reading list. It stays with you as you move around the site.

1

Before discharge

Can we manage daily care at home?

Showering, eating and moving around. If it looks too hard, tell the healthcare team so they can advise on other options.

Is the home safe for them?

Falls are most likely in the first weeks back.

Do we understand the medication?

Ask the hospital pharmacist if you are unsure about giving medication safely.

How will we get to follow-up appointments?

Check whether transport needs arranging in advance.

2

The first weeks at home

They need to regain strength

Therapy can come to the home or happen at a centre.

They need medical care without travelling

For health checks, wounds and ongoing conditions.

I'm at work during the day

Somewhere safe to be, with meals and activities.

3

Looking after yourself

I need to learn how to do this

Training is available, and can be subsidised.

It's costing more than we planned

Several schemes can apply at once.

I need a break

Caregiving isn't doing it all by yourself.

In an emergency If you are unsure, call 995 for an ambulance.

Questions are adapted from AIC's Discharge Preparation checklist. Service, scheme and guide names and descriptions are from AIC.sg. Which items answer which question is our assumption, to be confirmed with AIC's care consultants.

Need help from a person?

Call 1800 650 6060 or visit an AIC Link near you.

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