Getting Your Home Ready for Hip Surgery

Before heading to the hospital for a procedure, ensure essentials are easy to access and on the floor level the patient will spend the majority of the time. If possible, try to limit stair use.

Work with the patient's healthcare provider to receive additional tips on how to make at-home recovery as smooth as possible, but in general:

• Place items used daily at waist level. This is helpful so the patient does not have to bend or reach up.
• Consider using a raised commode or toilet seat and a chair in the shower.
• Put essentials near the area where the patient will be spending the most time recovering. This could include their phone, tissues, medicine and water bottles.

For the first one to two weeks,  assistance may be needed for bathing, using the restroom, cooking and exercising. If a trusted family member or friend is not available, ask the patient's health care provider about having a trained caregiver come into the home to help with recovery.

Other items that may be helpful to have on hand are reachers, shoehorns, a shower sponge with a longer handle and mobility aids, such as a cane, crutches or walker.

Mayo Clinic Store offers several durable medical equipment (DME) products that can assist with at-home recovery from surgery. Stop into one of our store locations today.