Home Recovery vs. Institutional Rehab

Post-Op Orthopedic RNs for optimal orthopedic recovery in the comfort of home

The hardest part of orthopedic surgery isn’t the operation — it’s the recovery. Hospitals discharge you once the procedure is “successful,” but true healing happens over the weeks that follow.

At Scott Preferred Care, we provide ICU-level private nursing at home for hip, knee, and shoulder surgeries. No facility, no impersonal staff, no unnecessary risks — just expert care where you feel safest. We assist with transfers, mobility, wound care, and medications — eliminating the need for skilled nursing facilities and helping you heal at home or in a luxury residence.

• Precise pain control & wound management coordinated with your surgeon
   
• Frequent, assisted mobility & gait training starting day one
   
• Male RNs for safe lifting, transfers, and assisted ambulation
   
• Discreet, private, in-home or luxury residence care
   
• Surgeons & therapists included in communication loops
   
• Continuous clinical oversight to catch and treat complications early
   
• Packages customized to weeks, not one-size-fits-all durations

The True Distinctions

• Understaffed, Impersonal Care in Facilities — Patients often wait for staff; ambulation may only occur 1–2x per shift.
   
• Deconditioning & Immobility Risk — Facilities may prioritize bed rest, leading to muscle loss, stiffness, and slower recovery.
   
• Infection & Respiratory Risk — Hospitals and rehab centers are breeding grounds for pathogens.
   
• Fragmented Treatment Plans — With rotating nurses, you lose continuity, risking miscommunication.
   

In contrast, at home with us:

• Every activity, therapy, medication is on schedule
   
• Nurses walk and move patients frequently, reducing stiffness, deconditioning and atelectasis and pneumonia
   
• Clean environment with reduced exposure
   
• Seamless, consistent care by a single team
   
• Real-time changes to your plan based on how you respond

• Uninterrupted, Personalized Attention
  In a rehab center, one nurse may oversee 8–12 patients. At home, your nurse cares for one — you. Every medication, therapy session, and ambulation is on time and documented.
   
• Faster Mobility & Stronger Recovery
  Hospital and rehab staffing shortages often mean patients are ambulated only once or twice per shift. At home, our nurses coordinate frequent, assisted walking and mobility exercises, reducing stiffness and accelerating healing.
   
• Reduced Risk of Infection & Pneumonia
  Extended stays in facilities expose patients to hospital-acquired infections and respiratory illness. Private in-home care minimizes exposure and keeps the environment controlled, clean, and restorative.
   
• Continuity of Care
  In institutional rehab, rotating staff leads to inconsistent treatment plans. With private duty nursing, you have a consistent clinical team that knows your history, preferences, and surgical plan.
   
• Comprehensive Oversight
  Our nurses communicate directly with your surgeon and physical therapist, ensuring seamless coordination and immediate response to any post-operative changes.
   

Patients recovering at home with our private nurses experience:

• Fewer complications and readmissions
   
• Quicker return to independence
   
• Higher satisfaction and comfort
   

Because the goal isn’t simply to heal — it’s to restore your lifestyle safely and efficiently.

After a complex hip replacement, a 72-year-old gentleman was discharged to a rehabilitation facility where he was expected to stay for four weeks. Within five days, his family noticed that he was rarely ambulated, medications were delayed, and he spent most of the day confined to bed.

Frustrated and concerned about infection and muscle loss, they reached out to Scott Preferred Care. Within 24 hours, our orthopedic nursing team transitioned him safely home.

Under 24-hour private duty nursing, he received:

• Assisted ambulation every two hours
• Incentive Spirometry every hour, close medical management to closely monitor for any post-op complications(i.e. infection, DVTs, skin breakdown, changes in vital signs and clinical presentation)
• Strict pain and wound management overseen by an RN
• In-home coordination with his surgeon and physical therapist
   

Within ten days, he was walking to the kitchen independently and no longer required narcotic pain medication. His surgeon credited the rapid progress to early mobility and continuous nursing oversight, saying his recovery was “weeks ahead of schedule.”

Today, he’s fully independent and golfing again twice a week — all without a single hospital readmission or infection.

Every case is managed by a dedicated clinical manager — an experienced RN who ensures total continuity and direct communication with your surgical team. From wound assessments to pain control, progress is tracked and adjusted daily. Our nurses are: 

• Licensed and insured
• HIPAA-compliant
• ICU-level trained with extensive surgical recovery expertise 
• Backed by 24/7 clinical management and physician coordination