Lumacare - Home At Last (HAL) Program

Helps individuals transition back into the comfort of their own home after a brief or extended stay at a local hospital * help coordinate the support services individuals may need during this time of transition

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• makes the transition from hospital to home easy and comfortable
• provides a trained and caring Personal Support Worker, who will go home with the patient and stay until they are settled 
• provides reliable and comfortable transportation
• prepares a small meal or snack on the day the discharged patient returns home
• helps patients feel safe, secure and cared for in their own home
• picks up groceries, prescriptions, and medical equipment, if required
• follow up call and assessment post discharge

Patients are responsible for the items on the following checklist

• being organized, dressed and ready to go home by time of discharge
• making sure that all your belongings are packed and ready to leave the hospital
• making sure you have your house keys
• setting up your future medical appointments
• having enough money for groceries and for any medications that need to be picked up