Home from Hospital

Staying physically and mentally well

• The Healthy at Home service is a one-stop shop where you can access a range of online lifestyles services (e.g. stopping smoking and getting more active) that can keep you healthy during this time and beyond, completely free. To sign up, please complete the online Healthy at Home form, or call us on 0208 547 6815.

• ‘Keep Fit’ page with links to home exercises, including for older people and pre and post-natal women.

• Better Bones information

• Kick-It support to stop smoking

• Falls Service is available for people who have fallen, worried about falling or at risk of falls. Take the Get Up and Go test to check if you are at risk of falls.

Staying connected and safe

• Guide to staying digitally connected through video calls

• Silverline 24 hour telephone support for older people.

• Kingston Carers Network (KCN) can help if you are looking after someone returning from a hospital stay. KCN can help you with advice and advocacy, social activities and social groups.

• Staywell offers support including hospital discharge, help at home with household tasks such as cleaning, handyperson service, and much more.

• Princess Alice Hospice Wellbeing Centre supports people with life-limiting illnesses and their carers to live as fully and independently as possible.

Worried about finances?

• Citizens Advice Kingston

• Advice if you are new to benefits

Need additional care support?

• If you have been admitted to hospital and you, the staff, or anyone who supports you feels that you may have difficulty managing at home, hospital staff can ask for your needs to be assessed before you are discharged.

• Practical help at home may include help getting in and out of bed, washing and dressing.

• The assessment will evaluate your needs with you and the support available to meet them, depending on your situation.

• If it's appropriate, we may arrange services to support you when you return home (called transitional care) depending on your needs and eligibility. Please call the council on 020 8547 5000 if you would like to talk through your options.

• For information about requesting a carer assessment, please visit the Carer’s guide on the Council website.

Looking after friends and family after they hospital