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Support when going home

Leaving hospital and going home is a huge step in your journey towards recovery. However when you are at home you will not have the same support you had in hospital and it can be a difficult time for you and your relatives. See the link to a 5 minute and 54 second video by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine about this important part of the recovery journey.

https://www.ficm.ac.uk/forpatientsrecoveryafterintensivecare/going-home-following-a-critical-care-admission

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Web Link: Getting a care needs assessment

If you think you, or someone you know, needs help to manage everyday tasks the first step is to get a needs assessment from your local council. This webpage gives you more information about how to do that.

External Video: Going home after being in ICU: a video by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM)

External Video: Homeless persons legal advocacy service

Video explaining the Southwark Law centre homeless persons advocacy service

Web Link: ICUSteps - a charity to support patients and families who are experiencing or have experienced an ICU stay

This link will take you to the ICUSteps website. ICUsteps was set up in 2005 and became a registered charity in 2006. It is run by former Intensive Care patients and relatives, and their aim is to improve the care and support available to patients recovering from critical illness. The website provides information for patients and relatives on intensive care, recovery and coming to terms with surviving critical illness.

Web Link: King's Health Partners Homeless health service

The King's Health Partners homeless health team supports patients experiencing homelessness. We help patients who are attending or admitted to: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust King's College Hospital South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Our team includes: housing workers specialist nurses occupational therapists social workers GPs We have partnered with Southwark Law Centre to help people who are homeless achieve more stable lives, and...

Web Link: Lambeth and Southwark Memory Service - Mind

Memory difficulties after critical illness are common and can last beyond the 1st year back home. There are community and hospital based services to help assess and management these memory issues. In the community, there is Lambeth and Southwark Mind who work across both boroughs to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, they offer a number of activities from peer support groups to an information line. Their mission is to provide free,...

Web Link: Mobility aids

This NHS webpage gives you more information about mobility aids

Web Link: Motability

Motability is a charity in the United Kingdom. It oversees Motability Operations Ltd, which runs the Motability Scheme intended to enable disabled people, their families and their carers to lease a new car (perhaps with adaptations), scooter or powered wheelchair, using their disability benefit.

Web Link: Peer support from ICUSteps

Some people find it helpful to meet and talk with others who have been through similar experiences to their own. This is the weblink to ICUsteps website with details of patient and family support groups UK wide. It will tell you more about the groups, who they are, what they do and when and where the meetings are held.

Web Link: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Memory service

The Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Memory Service (SLIMS) offers comprehensive assessment, treatment and support options to anyone over the age of 18 with mild to moderate memory problems likely to indicate dementia. Our multidisciplinary team, work in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Society. We offer a comprehensive assessment package based on the principles of recovery and are committed to supporting carers of people with dementia. Following assessment, we coordinate...

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