Discharge Planning Support at Home in Los Angeles, CA

Discharge Planning Across Los Angeles – One Call, City-Wide Coverage

Los Angeles is a city of 4 million people spread across hundreds of neighborhoods, each with its own character, challenges, and healthcare landscape. Whether you live in a Downtown loft, a South LA bungalow, a Westlake apartment, or anywhere in between, hospital discharge creates the same fundamental challenge: how do you organize nursing, therapy, medications, insurance, and home safety when nobody taught you how? HarvardCare provides licensed medical social workers who come to your Los Angeles home – wherever in the city that is – to coordinate every element of the hospital-to-home transition.

One Agency, Every LA Neighborhood

Los Angeles families are discharged from dozens of hospitals – Cedars-Sinai, UCLA, LAC+USC, Kaiser, Good Samaritan, California Hospital, and many more. Our social workers are experienced with all of them. Regardless of where the hospital stay occurred, we coordinate post-discharge nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medication management, and home safety evaluations at your specific Los Angeles home.

Tailored to Your LA Neighborhood

Discharge planning in a Downtown high-rise looks different than in a South LA single-family home or a Westlake apartment. Our social worker accounts for your specific living situation – building access, apartment layouts, stair access, bathroom configurations, and neighborhood-specific community resources. Every plan is individualized.

What Our Social Worker Coordinates

• Discharge instructions reviewed in the patient’s language
• Skilled nursing and therapy scheduled at your home
• Medications reviewed for conflicts and errors
• Home safety assessment tailored to your housing type
• Medicare verified and coverage explained
• Caregiver training and community resource connections

Coordinated With LA’s Major Hospitals

We coordinate with Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Medical Center, LAC+USC, Kaiser Permanente, Good Samaritan, and hospitals throughout Los Angeles County. Our social worker works with your discharge team for seamless continuity.

Serving All of Los Angeles

We cover all of Los Angeles – every neighborhood from Downtown to the Westside, the Valley to the Harbor. We also serve nearby communities throughout LA County. Contact us for coverage in your specific area.

Start Before Discharge Day

Call HarvardCare as soon as you know your family member is coming home. Multilingual social workers available. Medicare accepted.