In-home care in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Stillwater sits at the eastern edge of the area our caregivers travel to, and it is the town where the building itself does the most to shape a care plan.
Old houses on a hill
Much of Stillwater went up before anybody designed for a walker. Flights of steps between the street and the front door, narrow doorways, a bathroom upstairs and a bedroom above that, lots that fall away toward the river. None of it is a reason care cannot happen at home, and all of it changes how a plan gets written.
So we ask about the building early. Where somebody sleeps, how they reach a bathroom at night, and whether a caregiver can get through the door with equipment settle more of a plan than a diagnosis does.
Coming home from Lakeview
Lakeview Hospital is in Stillwater, which tends to make a discharge here a short drive and a long first week. Our nurses can pick up wound care, medication changes and whatever else the hospital sent home, while a caregiver takes the ordinary parts of the day.
Questions families ask
- Our front door is up a flight of steps. Is that a problem?
- It is something to plan around rather than a reason to say no. Mention it when you call, and the nurse will look at it during the assessment in the home.
- We are outside the city, closer to the river. Are we still in the area?
- Check the ZIP code above. If it is not listed, that is not the same as no: our caregivers travel from Woodbury, and addresses just outside the towns we name are worth asking about.
Tell us about the building
Stairs, doorways and where somebody sleeps are the practical half of a plan. Start there and we will talk through the rest.