Hospital Discharge Checklist for Colorado Families
For the family being told a parent is discharging in a day or two.
This checklist is for the seventy two hours around a hospital discharge in Colorado. It covers who to talk to, what the discharge paperwork must include, how to compare rehab against home against senior living, and what to do the first day home. Start at the top now.
Hospital Discharge Checklist for Colorado Families
Above & Beyond Senior Living
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Today, in the hospital
Why it matters: This is the one person who can slow a discharge down or change the destination, and they rotate, so get today's name.
Why it matters: Rehab, home health, and assisted living are different licenses and different bills, and the recommendation drives all of it.
The discharge paperwork
Why it matters: Medication changes made in the hospital are the most common reason people bounce back within thirty days.
Why it matters: Communities and home health agencies use those numbers to decide whether they can accept your parent at all.
Choosing where they go
Why it matters: A yes on the phone from marketing is not the same as a yes from the nurse who reads the orders.
Why it matters: You can see the state inspection record in a few minutes, even on a hospital hallway phone.
The first day out
Why it matters: Pharmacies close, and a missed first night dose is how a good discharge turns into a readmission.
Why it matters: Most problems after a discharge show up on the second or third day, not the first.
Above & Beyond Senior Living, (720) 677-5580. Free help for Colorado families.
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