Hospital in the comfort of your home
Life I Hospital at Home is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as substitute for acute inpatient hospitalisation. We provide high level medical and paramedical care, as in a public or private hospital, in the comfort of your home and with qualified staff.
In the event of a severe complication, an ambulance can ensure your transfer to a healthcare facility.
What is
Life I Hospital at Home?
Life I Hospital at Home is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as substitute for acute inpatient hospitalisation. We provide high level medical and paramedical care, as in a public or private hospital, in the comfort of your home and with qualified staff.
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A multidisciplinary team of a doctor, a nurse, a care assistant will travel daily to ensure the continuity of care and will be in direct and permanent contact with your treating or family doctor to monitor your state of health and the good progress of your treatment.
In the event of a severe complication, an ambulance can be used to transfer you to our emergency room or to a healthcare facility.
In the event of a severe complication, an ambulance can be used for your transfer to our emergency room or to a healthcare facility.
How can one have access to this service?
Life I Hospital at Home service will be implemented at the request of your doctor or following a referral by the patient or next of kin.
The doctor and the nurse coordinator will proceed to a medical assessment at home for a potential admission in Life I Hospital at Home service. Your state of health and the care to be provided must meet predefined criterias derived from international recommendations
Your home must be suitable for your hospitalisation. A pre-home visit is thus required.
The team reserves the right to refuse hospitalisation if the criteria are not met.
If you are eligible for Life I Hospital at Home care, the multidisciplinary team will come to arrange your room and you will have the same services and the same equipment as in a healthcare facility.
The admission process
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Your room is fitted out, if necessary, by the mobile team.
All the necessary equipment for your treatment is supplied and installed. Prescribed medications, as availability permits, are also provided. Life | Hospital at Home team conducts regular visits and implements treatment tailored to the patient’s needs. The team can stay in contact with your treating or family doctor, if needed/requested.
Together we are driving towards a healthier future and better outcomes for all.
Patient Benefits
What are the advantages of Life I Hospital At Home care for the patient?
You benefit from the same services as in a healthcare facility, but you will be at home, in a familiar environment.
TYPES OF CARE OFFERED
BY LIFE I HOSPITAL AT HOME
for a Life I Hospital at Home care?
Life I Hospital at Home can deliver all the care to patients suffering from numerous pathologies,
as well as those suffering from a chronic disease with or without multiple comorbidities.
Intravenous (IV) perfusion
For patients who require medication through a vein, directly into the bloodstream, regularly over a period of days (pain, hydration, antibiotics, …)
For patients with complex health needs. Your health condition justifies post-surgical follow-up by a medical team, but you wish to return home and receive your treatment surrounded by your loved ones. Life I Hospital at Home is the solution for post surgery treatment (dressing, intravenous, surveillance, rehabilitation, …)
For patients with poly-pathologies or dependent on nursing care for daily activities such as shower/bath, feeding, dressing, mobility, health education, …)
Palliative care
If you wish to return home or simply stay at home and receive end of life care surrounded by your family. If you want to improve the quality of life of your loved one suffering from an incurable illness: palliative care delivers a holistic approach that looks at whole person and his family. Palliative care ensures patient’s comfort is maintained till the end. Our team of nurses and doctors values the importance of the people who are dear to the patient and vice versa.
Life I Hospital at Home palliative care aims to provide comfort care, by offering medical and nursing treatment to best control symptoms such as pain, agitation, anxiety, nausea, and vomiting, and so as early as possible, including the psychological well-being of the patient and the family.
Our commitment
- Respond to home hospitalisation request within the day or within 24 hours maximum.
- Manage and coordinate patient’s care and well-being journey by involving closely the referring doctor, the family, and the patient.
- Daily on-site monitoring, thanks to a medical and nursing team.
- Continuity of care provided by the nurses and doctors by Life I Hospital at Home team.
- Installation in the patient’s home of equipment and medical devices adapted to his needs (depending on specific needs)
- Provide a professional and personalised care, along with the equipment and medication you need.
FAQ
Is Life I Hospital at Home a simple nursing care?
Life | Hospital at Home is not a « home care » service but a MEDICAL service at home.
Life | Hospital at Home only supports patients requiring daily medical follow-up several times a day.
Is Life I Hospital at Home care a 24H service ?
Life I Hospital at Home is a daily medical follow-up (several times a day) but is not a 24/7 medical presence at home
Life I Hospital at Home services do not meet intensive care (ICU-type) criterion which requires a 24-hour medical presence.
Is an inspection done before benefiting the Hospital at Home care ?
Life I Hospital at Home care can only be carried out in an environment previously validated by the mobile team (selection criteria in terms of cleanliness and accessibility, presence of a sitter or a relative, understanding of instructions, etc.).
How to benefit from Hospital at Home care services ?
The request for hospitalisation at home is generally initiated by the doctor but, in some instances, the patient or his relatives can make the request, after consulting the doctor.
How does insurance coverage work?
Life | Hospital at Home services are typically covered under the « in-patient » package by major insurance companies in Mauritius.
Which regions are served by Life | Hospital at Home ?
Life | Hospital at Home services are primarily available to patients in the north, centre, and west of the island.
Who We Are?
Home and Long-term Care is the 5th pillar of the health and well-being journey designed by Life Together in partnership with the healthcare team.
In keeping with its values, this proposal for hospital at home services affirms the determination of Life Together to offer a more humane, person-centred, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach to care throughout the patient’s life.
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Life I Hospital at Home is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for hospital care. It provides high level medical and paramedical care by a qualified team of doctors, nurses, and therapists, as in a hospital or clinic setting, but in the comfort of your home environment. It is intended for medically acute but stable patients who need medical treatment which requires an admission in a healthcare facility.
Life I Hospital at Home places the patient at the centre of his/her healthcare & wellbeing journey and requires co-operation between different stakeholders such as healthcare centres, doctors, nurses, paramedical professionals, pharmacies, insurance companies, the patient, and his family.
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