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After Hospital Care
Before you are discharged, make sure you understand what comes next. If you need other care options after you leave—discuss this with your healthcare team and be sure your support person is with you when you ask. Options may include: Home Health covers a range of healthcare services that can be given in the home for an illness or injury: Personal care: including bathing, dressing and eating
Healthcare: physical, speech & occupational therapy or skilled nursing
LTAC stands for Long Term Acute Care. It is a specialty-care hospital for patients that are seriously ill or injured requiring specialized medical care with extended recovery times. The care needed in an LTAC often includes pulmonary, wound, transitional or sub-acute care, dialysis, IV antibiotic therapy, and pain management.
Hospice is for people whose life expectancy is six months or less, and involves palliative care (pain and symptom relief) rather than ongoing curative measures. Hospice typically provides services, such as speech and physical therapy, therapeutic massage, dietary assistance, bathing and other personal care services,
emotional, and spiritual support and grief counseling.
Nursing Home provides personal and medical care for those patients who cannot be cared for at home. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand
24 hours a day. Sta provides medical care, as well as physical, speech/occupational therapy.
Rehabilitation
Hospital is for patients who have su ered traumatic injuries or illnesses. Their goal is to restore some or all of the patient’s physical, sensory and mental capabilities that were lost due to injury, illness or disease. Speech, occupational and physical therapies are provided for patients who are medically stable and can tolerate at least 3 hours of therapy per day.
AFTER HOSPITAL CARE