Discharge

Returning home

Before coming to hospital, be sure to make plans for returning home – talk to your family, doctor, case manager or pre-admission nurse about any needs you may have upon leaving hospital.

Matters to consider include shopping, domestic help, personal care, meals, home safety aids and equipment.

Cabrini staff will assist you and your family to plan and arrange care after you leave hospital.

If needed, community based health and support services will be arranged. A care coordination service is available to facilitate complex discharge planning and can be accessed through the nurse manager of your ward.

Preparing to go home checklist

Patient Transport

It is important to consider your transport to other facilities or returning home when you come into hospital.

Cabrini Malvern discharge process

On the day of discharge, kindly arrange for a family member or friend to collect you from the ward by 9:30am. Alternatively, please wait in the Discharge Lounge where patients will have the opportunity to :

• Speak with a nurse and patient assistant should there be any last-minute queries
• Go through discharge medications with a Cabrini pharmacist
• Confirm pick up arrangements with the patient’s friend or family member – a phone is available to patients in the lounge
• Enjoy tea and coffee and light refreshments prior to collection

Please note, it may not be appropriate for some patients to attend the discharge lounge, such as those who require a stretcher ambulance. These patients will be collected from the ward.

Patients may be collected at the hospital’s main entrance by parking in the three-minute car parks available directly outside the main entrance of the hospital accessible via Coonil Crescent (off Wattletree Road).

Before leaving the hospital, patients should please pay their account at the discharge desk on the ground floor.

Cabrini Brighton discharge process

On the day of discharge, kindly arrange for a family member or friend to collect you from the ward by 9:30am.

Before leaving the hospital, please pay your account at main reception on the ground floor.