Care homes near Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

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, which is free for up to six weeks. Longer-term needs can then be assessed once they have recovered.
4. Ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare. If the patient’s needs are mainly health needs, ask for an assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare. If they qualify, the NHS pays the full cost of their care. How it works.
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.

How Musgrove Park Hospital is doing

A&E figures are for the whole NHS trust, not only this site.

Services for older people at Musgrove Park Hospital

• Triscombe older persons unitUnit for patients aged 65 and over who need hospital care, with its own occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Source
• Frailty same-day emergency care (trial)A trial service giving faster, specialist support to older people who come into hospital needing urgent care. Source
• Dunkery stroke unitAcute stroke unit for people admitted with a stroke, giving treatment and rehabilitation; it includes a neurology speciality. Source
• Care of the older person serviceSpecialist team for older people, diagnosing and treating conditions such as stroke, dementia and falls; it also supports other specialists at Musgrove Park and Yeovil. Source
• Dementia and delirium teamSupports patients with dementia or delirium, and offers advice to their carers and relatives. Musgrove Park contact: 01823 343935. Source
• Palliative and end of life care teamSpecialist team for patients who need palliative or end of life care. Referrals by telephone to the Musgrove Park team on 01823 342656. Source

Getting there and visiting

• ParkingCar parking is run by Q-Park and is paid, but free for Blue Badge holders attending as a patient or visitor. Source
• VisitingOpen visiting on wards: up to two visitors at any one time for patients staying overnight, with flexible visiting arranged by the ward manager or matron. Source
• NHS patient transportNHS Patient Transport Advice Centre: call 01278 727444 to check whether you are entitled to free NHS hospital transport. Source

Care homes near other hospitals

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• Care homes near Burnham-on-Sea War Memorial Hospital · urgent care · 16.6 miles away

Questions about care homes near Musgrove Park Hospital