Care homes near Poole Hospital – page 6

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 Poole Hospital is doing

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

Services for older people at Poole Hospital

• Rapid Access Consultation and Evaluation unit (RACE, A3)Level 3 in the orange zoneA medical assessment unit for older patients, mostly aged 85 and over, and some aged 74 to 85 with a frailty score over 6. Source
• Brownsea Ward (older people)Brownsea Ward is a 22-bed general medical ward for older people, including patients with dementia or other cognitive impairments. Source
• Lytchett Ward (older people)Lytchett Ward is a 26-bed general medical ward, part of the department of medicine for the elderly. Source
• Kimmeridge Ward (older people)level 0 in the yellow zoneKimmeridge Ward is a medical ward for elderly patients with 34 beds. Source
• Patient advice and liaison service (PALS)PALS offers confidential advice, support and information on care at any of the trust's hospitals. Phone 0300 019 8499. Source
• Carers support serviceCarers have a right to keep caring for a patient in hospital, and can contact the carers support advisor directly. Source
• Hospital specialist palliative care teamPoole Hospital has a hospital specialist palliative care team. Source

Getting there and visiting

• Buses and trainsMorebus and First Bus serve the hospitals; timetables are on their own websites. Source
• Buses and trainsThe nearest train station is Poole. Source
• ParkingPaid multi-storey car park on the main hospital site, with the payment terminal in the main entrance. Source
• VisitingVisiting times are set in the trust's visiting guidance, which ward pages refer visitors to. Source
• NHS patient transportDorset patients contact the Patient Transport Advisory Centre on 01278 727457 to check eligibility, Monday to Friday. Source

Map of the hospital site

Our own map from OpenStreetMap. It doesn’t show wards or floors.

Care homes near other hospitals

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Questions about care homes near Poole Hospital