Home First Support Service

Age UK Oldham
10 Church Lane
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 3AN
United Kingdom

Email: natalie.leach@ageukoldham.org.uk
Telephone: 01616 229288

The Home First Support Service offers discharge support to older adults who are returning home from a hospital admission, A&E, or following a spell of in-patient intermediate care.

How we support:

The service also aims to support older people in the community identified to be at risk of a hospitalisation. The service offers up to 5 days follow-up support following a discharge to:

• Provide immediate practical and emotional support to older people to facilitate safe timely discharges to a safe and successful return home. Home visits can be provided as part of a settling-in process for the patient returning home.
• Promote independence of the older person at home by offering support and encouragement through a daily checking-in service to maintain a successful discharge.
• Monitor patients needs and refer on to other services offered by AUKO and other organisations to access longer-term support to maintain a continued, safe return to home for patients (e.g. PIP service/dementia support services/day care/helpline response service/Urgent Care Response Team).

Getting Support:

We work closely with the hospital social work team, therapy teams at A&E, ward staff and the frailty team in the Royal Oldham Hospital as well as staff based at Butler Green and Medlock Court Intermediate Care Units.

We operate this service as part of a wider Greater Manchester Hospital Discharge Alliance providing this support to any older Oldham resident being discharged from any GM hospital back to their Oldham home.

Please contact us to discuss this service or for further information.