Scheduled, non-emergency home visits by Firefighter/Paramedics for older adults across Plantation — including the weeks after a hospital stay, when the paperwork is new and strength has not yet returned.
The weeks after a hospital stay
A discharge from HCA Florida Westside Hospital on West Broward Boulevard, or any hospital in the county, arrives with a stack of paper: a revised medication list, changed doses, activity instructions, and a note to see a doctor within a week or two. The person receiving it has often spent days in bed, is weaker than when they left, and is expected to manage the plan alone.
About one in six people in Plantation is 65 or older, and nearly a quarter of that group lives alone — so the days after discharge can pass with nobody looking at the whole picture. A Salus post-hospital follow-up visit puts a Firefighter/Paramedic in the house during that stretch: comparing vital signs with the discharge summary, laying every bottle out against the new list, asking how sleep, appetite and energy have been, and checking whether the home still suits someone temporarily unsteady. Anything that looks wrong is written up plainly and flagged to the family and, where appropriate, the physician. Our guide to the first 30 days at home covers the family's side of it.
Where the plan goes wrong
Once recovery is behind them
The five standard readings, recorded at every visit beside the previous ones. One number after a hospital stay means little; a run of them over several weeks can show whether a new medication is doing what it should, and gives the physician something concrete.
Recurring visits that revisit the whole picture: vitals, the changing medication list, mobility, mood, appetite and the home itself. About one in four older Plantation residents reports a disability, and a regular professional check-in can help pick up the slow drift — less walking, more napping, skipped meals — that a phone call rarely reveals.
The typical Plantation home dates from the mid-1980s and nearly two-thirds are owner-occupied — houses people know by heart, which is exactly why a new walker or weaker grip goes unaccounted for. A firefighter's walkthrough covers thresholds, bathroom transfers, lighting, smoke alarms and the route out, judged against how the person moves now.
Ten services, one visit if you like
Book one assessment or combine several, all performed at home.
We cover all of Plantation, from Jacaranda to the rural-zoned Plantation Acres district, plus its neighbours: Sunrise to the north and west, Lauderhill to the northeast, Davie to the south and Fort Lauderdale to the east. Hollywood, Coral Springs and the rest of Broward and Miami-Dade are on the service areas page.
Plantation questions
Sooner is better — in the first days home, ahead of the appointment with his own doctor, so the paramedic can compare his readings with the discharge summary and sort the medication list before a confusing week passes. Call (786) 330-8016 while he is still an inpatient and we will schedule around the discharge date.
No on both counts. Salus is a private company that families book directly; no hospital orders, arranges or endorses our visits. We do not provide home health nursing, wound care, injections or therapy — those come from a home health agency under a physician's order. Ours is a preventive check that sits alongside that care and reports to the family and treating physician.
It means the house is roughly forty years old, typical for the city, and the walkthrough pays attention to what ages with it: smoke alarms never replaced, bathrooms designed before grab bars were common, worn thresholds and outdoor steps. That is not a verdict on the house, just a list of adjustments so someone coming home weaker can move through it safely.
She does, first and always. With her consent, the same plain-language summary goes to the family members she names and, where warranted, to her physician. Nearly a quarter of Plantation's older residents live alone and many prefer to control their own information; the visit is built around her decisions, with family informed as far as she chooses.
Yes. A one-off follow-up can become a monitoring plan at a frequency you choose, so the readings and medication list taken after discharge become the start of a longer record. Membership options are on the pricing page; there is no obligation to continue after the first visit, and frequency can change as circumstances do.
Please read
Salus visits are booked in advance and cannot stand in for emergency care. New chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden confusion or one-sided weakness, heavy bleeding, or a fall with possible injury all need 911 straight away, whatever is on the calendar. If something like that happens during a visit, our paramedic makes the 911 call and stays until the crew arrives.
Before the discharge date
What to ask before leaving the ward, and what to watch for once home.
Why a changed dose and an old bottle are a dangerous pair.
The quiet changes that tend to precede a readmission.
A Salus Firefighter/Paramedic comes to your Plantation home at a time you set — the introductory visit costs $99, with no membership required.
