Post-Surgical Care
from the Comfort of Home

Help with what surgery makes hard: safe transfers and movement, bathing and dressing, medication reminders, meal preparation, and transportation to follow-up appointments in the client’s own vehicle.

If the surgeon has ordered skilled nursing or therapy, we provide that too under the Medicare-certified side of the agency. Having both from one agency means the caregiver supporting the exercises on non-therapy days is working from the same care plan as the therapist.

The day of discharge, ideally. The first two weeks carry the highest risk of falls, missed medication and readmission, and the first few days are the worst of it.

We can have a caregiver in place within 24 hours and we staff same-week hospital and rehab discharges regularly. If the surgery is planned, set care up beforehand. Families who wait until discharge usually improvise the first week, which is the week that matters most.

Most orthopedic and abdominal recoveries run two to six weeks, heaviest in the first week or two and tapering as mobility returns. There is no contract term.

It often works the other way from what families expect. Someone home after a hip replacement may need heavy coverage for two weeks and much less by week six. The care plan is reviewed by an RN and reduced as the situation changes.

Care is billed hourly at $30 to $40 depending on the level of care, including nights and weekends, with a four-hour minimum on any day care is scheduled.

Because post-surgical plans start heavy and taper, the weekly cost falls as you recover rather than staying flat. Whether transfers require two people is the main thing that moves the rate within that range.

Medicare may cover skilled nursing and therapy at home when your physician orders it and you meet the homebound criteria, which many patients do immediately after surgery. It does not cover the personal care alongside it.

Most families end up using both: Medicare for the skilled visits, private pay for the hours in between. Long-term care insurance frequently reimburses the private pay portion, and we supply the documentation the policy requires.

Yes, in your own vehicle. Caregivers drive clients to surgeon follow-ups, imaging and outpatient therapy, and can stay through the appointment.

This is one of the most used parts of a post-surgical plan, because most surgeons restrict driving for several weeks. It is also the part that keeps families from taking repeated days off work during the recovery.

Yes. An RN builds the care plan around the discharge instructions and the surgeon’s restrictions, and updates it after follow-up visits.

Every visit is documented with dual signatures and GPS clock-in, so there is a record the surgeon’s office can request. If weight-bearing status or restrictions change at a follow-up, the plan changes with them rather than at the next scheduled review.