After a serious surgery, you may need a care attendant for 24 hours or longer, especially during the window when fall risk and post-op complications are highest. A steady presence at home can mean the difference between a smooth recovery or a trip back to emergency.

What a skilled caregiver provides

Our caregivers stay with you through the critical recovery hours, keeping an eye on your safety and helping with the everyday things you can't manage yet. That means personal care, meal prep, light housekeeping, and the kind of reassurance that matters when you're sore, tired, and a bit foggy from anesthesia.

Nursing support for wounds and recovery

If you want a clinical set of eyes on the incision or wound, a post-op assessment by a home nurse gives you peace of mind and a professional read on how healing is tracking. For ongoing dressing changes and more complex wounds, we also provide home nursing for wound care.

For more on what home nurses can do during recovery, see post-op monitoring and wound care. If you're still weighing options, our guide to choosing a home care provider walks you through what to look for.

Pro-tip: Surgery with anesthesia requires 24h post-op monitoring by family, friends or a caregiver. Rare but serious side effects can include airway obstruction, aspiration, excessive bleeding and higher risk of injury due to temporary cognitive impairment at a vulnerable time.

Comparing your home care options?

Talk it through with a local coordinator — we’ll tell you plainly what we can and can’t do for your situation. The same person answers days, evenings and weekends.

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