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Transitional Care in Ottawa, ON


Recover at home after hospital discharge with transitional care provided by our local Care Pros.

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A Home Instead Care Pro with an adult.

Support that helps make recovery at home easier.

Recovering from a hospital stay can feel overwhelming. Whether your stay was planned or unexpected, you may return home with new routines, medications, and follow-up care to manage. Our Care Pros in Ottawa, ON provide steady, supportive care to help ease that transition—so you can focus on your recovery while feeling safe and supported at home.

We can coordinate with your healthcare providers and family to help make your post-hospital recovery feel more comfortable and manageable at home, in a rehab facility, or wherever healing takes place.


Here’s how transitional care can help:

  • Timely support – care can often begins within 24 hours, helping make the transition home or to a rehab facility smoother.
  • Help staying on track – gentle motivation to participate in therapy, movement, and daily routines.
  • Medication and appointment help – from picking up prescriptions to helping you get to follow-up appointments, we help take care of the everyday tasks.
  • Support for healthy routines – help with meals, hydration, rest, and daily structure.
  • Reduced isolation – meaningful conversation can greatly help improve mood during a vulnerable time.
  • Added safety and supervision – extra support to help reduce risks that may lead to setbacks or unnecessary hospital readmissions.

Care that supports every step of recovery.

Our transitional care supports both physical recovery and emotional well-being.


At home, our Care Pros can provide one-on-one support with daily routines, personal care, and and mobility—helping you regain confidence as you recover. Having someone there consistently can help post-hospital recovery feel less overwhelming.


If you’re in a hospital or rehabilitation setting in Ottawa, ON, staff often care for many patients at once. Our Care Pros provide additional companionship and personal attention. We work alongside facility care teams to help maintain routines, encourage activity, and offer emotional reassurance, so care feels more connected and supportive.

Customized care plans for a safe recovery.

We begin with a personal care consultation to understand your needs, routines and recovery goals.

From there, your local Home Instead team in Ottawa, ON will create a customized care plan that provides the right level of non-medical support as you heal. As your needs change, we’ll adjust your care plan to match your pace of recovery.


Transitional Care services include:

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Bathing and Grooming
  • Companionship
  • Toileting
  • Meal Preparation
  • Light Housekeeping
  • Medication Reminders
  • Post-surgical support at home

Serving Ottawa, ON and the surrounding area.



Since 2004, Home Instead has been part of the community, providing quick access to top-rated home care in Ottawa.

Proudly caring for communities near you:

Alta Vista, Barrhaven, Carleton Place, Gloucester, Hunt Club, Kanata, Kemptville, Manor Park, Manotick, Nepean, New Edinburgh, Orleans, Ottawa, Richmond, Rockcliffe, Sandy Hill, Stittsville, Vanier

…to name a few.

A trusted partner in transitional care in Ottawa, ON.

Helping Ottawa families transition home with confidence.

Since 2004, Home Instead Care Pros have provided trusted post-hospital support to older adults recovering in the comfort of home.


Proudly caring for communities near you:

Alta Vista, Barrhaven, Carleton Place, Gloucester, Hunt Club, Kanata, Kemptville, Manor Park, Manotick, Nepean, New Edinburgh, Orleans, Ottawa, Richmond, Rockcliffe, Sandy Hill, Stittsville, Vanier

...to name a few.

Transitional care resources

The move from hospital to home is an important step. These articles and conversations offer guidance to help you feel more prepared and supported along the way.

Transitional care FAQs

Yes. The team can discuss the discharge plan, what will be difficult at home, and the support needed for the first visits. Hospital discharge teams, rehabilitation providers, and local veteran and community organizations.

A Care Pro may help with settling in, meals, personal care, mobility, transportation, reminders, and companionship while the family learns what recovery looks like at home.

A family used daily companionship and a well-matched Care Pro to support a parent living with memory loss at home. The plan can begin with the immediate priorities and then be adjusted as the client regains strength or needs more help than expected.

Based on care needs and Care Pro availability when staffing and the care plan align. Home Instead provides non-medical support and works alongside the client’s licensed healthcare providers.

Families can review mobility, meals, bathing, medication management by the client’s licensed providers, transportation, equipment, and the first few days of routines.

Hospital discharge teams, rehabilitation providers, and local veteran and community organizations. The team can help clarify which non-medical tasks should be included in the home-care plan.

A short-term plan may become a longer schedule, step down as recovery progresses, or expand if the client needs more help than expected.

Memory support, daily companionship, hospital-to-home planning, and veteran support. Families can review the plan with the office as the client’s strength, confidence, and routine change.