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Hospital-specific discharge plan · Farmington Hills

Coming home from Corewell Farmington Hills

A practical, non-medical home-care setup plan for families bringing a loved one home from Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital (formerly Beaumont). Five steps, written in the order you actually need them.

The 5-step hand-off plan

In the order you actually need them — not the order the hospital hands them to you.

  1. 1

    Talk to the Corewell case manager 48 hours before discharge

    Ask the floor case manager (or social worker) for the discharge target date in writing. Request the discharge summary, follow-up appointment list, and any new prescription list. We can usually start care within 24–48 hours of your call — but only if we know the target date. Many of our calls come from Corewell families who already live in our core service area in Farmington Hills.

  2. 2

    Book the ride home before you book the caregiver

    Corewell discharges often happen mid-morning. Before you finalize a caregiver start time, lock in transportation: a family driver, a wheelchair-accessible service if mobility is reduced, or a Corewell-approved medical transport. The caregiver should be at the home when you arrive — not before, not after.

  3. 3

    Get the medication list to one pharmacy in writing

    Inpatient stays often add 2–4 new prescriptions and discontinue old ones. Ask the discharging nurse to mark which old medications to STOP. Have all prescriptions filled at one Farmington Hills / West Bloomfield pharmacy — splitting them across two pharmacies is the #1 cause of medication errors in the first 72 hours home.

  4. 4

    Walk the home before discharge day

    Most Corewell Farmington Hills patients come home with at least one new mobility limitation. Before discharge day, walk the path from the front door to the bedroom to the primary bathroom — clear throw rugs, add a nightlight, move frequently-used items to waist height. Our caregivers will help — but you don't want to be doing this with the patient already standing in the doorway.

  5. 5

    Schedule the first 7 days, then reassess

    Don't sign a 30-day care plan on day one. The first week tells you what your loved one actually needs — sometimes more, often less than expected. We start most Corewell discharges with a 7-day daytime block (typically Personal Care at our standard agency rates of $29–$37/hr), then adjust together at day 7.

When to call Corewell — not us

Our caregivers are trained to recognize warning signs and call you, the family, immediately. But for any of the following. The right first call is to Corewell's nurse line (248-471-8000) or 911 — not to Affordable Home Care.

  • New shortness of breath or chest pain
  • Fever above 101°F or shaking chills
  • A surgical or wound site that becomes red, warm, or starts draining
  • Sudden confusion, slurred speech, or one-sided weakness (call 911)
  • Inability to keep down fluids for more than 12 hours
  • A fall — even one that "seems fine"

FAQ

Common questions from Farmington Hills families

No. Affordable Home Care is an independent, family-owned non-medical home care agency. We are not a Corewell employee, partner, or contracted vendor. Many Corewell case managers refer families to us because we have served Farmington Hills since 1989 — but the relationship is family-to-family, not vendor-to-hospital.
Usually within 24–48 hours of your call — assuming we know the discharge date in advance. Same-day starts are possible but limited to whichever caregivers happen to be available; planning ahead always gets a better caregiver match.
No. We provide non-medical home care only — bathing, dressing, mobility help, meal prep, medication reminders (we do not dispense or administer medication), light housekeeping, transportation, and companionship. If your loved one is leaving Corewell with skilled-nursing needs (IV, wound packing, injections), Corewell's discharge planner will set up a separate Medicare-funded home-health visit for those tasks — see our home health vs. home care breakdown. Both services typically run side-by-side for 1–4 weeks.
Personal Care in Southeast Michigan typically runs $29–$37/hr at agency rates. Most families start with daytime coverage (4–8 hours/day) for the first week, then taper as recovery progresses. Use our cost calculator for a personalized estimate, or contact us.
Of course — and many do for the first 1–2 nights. The pattern that breaks down is week two, when adult children have used all their PTO and the spouse is exhausted. We see overnight-only coverage (10pm–6am) become the most common request after a Corewell Farmington Hills discharge once families realize daytime help is the easier shift to share.

Step 6 onward

Where Corewell Farmington Hills families go next

The five steps above get you through the first 48 hours. These are the resources our families open in the weeks that follow.

  1. 6Hospital Discharge Care — the parent guideHow discharge planning works at every Southeast Michigan hospital.
  2. 7Home Care vs. Skilled Nursing — when each is rightFor families considering a short SNF stay before going home.
  3. 8Recovering from Surgery at homeJoint replacement, cardiac, abdominal — the rhythms differ.
  4. 9Recovering from a FallIf the admission started with a fall, the discharge plan changes.
  5. 10Sister hospital — Henry Ford West BloomfieldSame playbook, different hospital. Useful if family is split between systems.
  6. 11Sister hospital — Corewell DearbornMulti-generational household variant of this same plan.

Already have a discharge date?

Call us today. We will walk through the timing, the medications, and who needs to be at the home Friday morning — at no cost.