Coming home from the hospital
Your parent is coming home from the hospital. Let's make sense of what comes next.
Discharge moves fast, and the papers, medicine changes and follow-up visits land on you. A Mindy nurse helps you make sense of it and plan the first weeks home, even from far away.
$149 for your first plan, even if they're already home. For parents who live in Pennsylvania.
What gets missed
What tends to fall through after a hospital stay
Medicine changes
New medicines, changed doses, and the old bottles still in the cabinet.
The follow-up visit
Discharge papers often say to see the doctor within a week or two. Someone has to book it and get them there.
Home health and equipment
Who's coming, when they start, and what to do if nobody calls.
Warning signs
What to watch for in the first weeks, and who to call at night.
The Mindy First Step
$149 for a plan for the first weeks home.
Start with the part that worries you most. Your nurse goes through the discharge papers with you, talks with your parent, then writes the plan.
Going home in the next day or two?
Text us first at (484) 562-4909. We'll tell you what we can realistically get done in time. The hospital's case manager still arranges what the doctor orders, like home health and equipment.
Message & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
What's included
- A call with you. About 20 minutes on the hospital stay, the discharge papers and what worries you most.
- A call with your parent. About 30 minutes, so we hear how they're doing in their own words.
- Your written plan. What changed, what to book, who to call, and local options we've checked for the biggest gap.
- A call to go over it. Within 2 business days of the call with your parent.
You pay when you book the first call. Full refund if you cancel before it. If your parent lives outside Pennsylvania, you won't be charged.
Priced separately
- A second concern, or more rounds of research
- Booking and confirming services for you
- Check-in calls in the weeks after the plan
Want help after the plan? I'll offer it once you've seen it. You decide.
What Mindy doesn't do
- Hands-on care or visits to the home
- Emergency help. Call 911.
- Arrange discharge orders. That's the hospital's job.
- Diagnose, prescribe or replace your parent's doctors
- Promise a provider will be available. They're independent businesses.
A sample plan
A sample coming-home plan
What changed, what to book and who to call, on one page the whole family can see.
Who you'll work with
I'm Susanna, a registered nurse. As a cardiothoracic step-down nurse, sending people home from the hospital was a core part of my job, so I know how much families have to absorb on the way out and what usually gets missed. I read every request myself.
Susanna Wiborg, RNFounder, Mindy
Get a plan for the first weeks home.
It takes about 2 minutes, and a nurse reads every request.
Rather talk it through? Text us at (484) 562-4909
Questions? Email info@hi-mindy.com. By texting this number you agree to receive text messages from Mindy. Message & data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
Does your parent live outside Pennsylvania?
Mindy's nurse is licensed in Pennsylvania today, and I'm working on adding more states. Leave your email and your parent's state, and I'll let you know when Mindy can help there.