Care homes near Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert

Leaving hospital: what happens next

1. Planning starts early. The ward usually starts planning a discharge soon after admission. Ask who is coordinating it and when the patient is expected to be ready to leave.
2. Ask for a needs assessment. If the patient may need care afterwards, the hospital discharge team works with the council’s social care team to assess what support is needed. The assessment is free.
3. Short-term support may come first. Many people go home or to a care home with short-term “intermediate care” or reablement while they recover. Scotland’s intermediate care framework says it should be free; what happens after that depends on the council, so ask the discharge team.
4. Free personal care. In Scotland, adults assessed as needing personal care don’t pay for it, at home or in a care home, though care home residents still pay for accommodation. Scotland doesn’t have NHS Continuing Healthcare; people with the most complex health needs may be cared for in hospital instead (“hospital based complex clinical care”).
5. Choosing a care home. A hospital bed usually can’t be kept while you wait for a particular home, so a short or interim stay is common. Use the list above to shortlist homes, and see our guides to hospital discharge, choosing a care home and respite and short stays.

Services for older people at Forth Valley Royal Hospital

• Frailty unitAcute assessment unitA 23-bed frailty unit for frail older patients, within the acute assessment unit. Source
• Ageing and health wardsAgeing and health wards for older patients, including wards A11, A22 and A32. Source
• Acute stroke wardAcute stroke ward, ward B21/22, at the hospital. Source
• Older people's mental health wardsOlder people's mental health wards 4 and 5 at the hospital. Source
• Discharge loungeA discharge lounge is among the services on the ground floor. Source

Getting there and visiting

• Buses and trainsTrains run to Larbert from several stations, including Alloa, Dunblane, Stirling, Falkirk, Edinburgh and Glasgow. From Larbert station the hospital is a walk away. Source
• ParkingCar parking is free. A maximum four-hour stay applies on weekday daytimes, with no return within 2 hours. Disabled bays are for Blue Badge holders. Source
• VisitingPerson-centred visiting in most inpatient wards: visitors can attend the listed wards at any time, seven days a week. No more than two visitors at any one time. Source

Care homes near other hospitals

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• Care homes near Queen Margaret Hospital (Dunfermline) · minor injuries unit · 16.7 miles away

Questions about care homes near Forth Valley Royal Hospital