Acute Care Hospitals - ANSWER- Diagnose/stabilize the patient
- Discharge the patient
- Prevent re-admissions
Discharge destinations from the acute care setting - ANSWER- Hospice
- Long term acute care hospital
- Short term care
- Home/home based options
Long term acute care hospital (LT...
, Can be within hospital or own rehabilitation hospital
Acute rehabilitation - ANSWER- Interdisciplinary rehab, goal of restoring functional independence an
discharging the patient to a home based setting
- At least 3 hours of therapy per day at least 5 days per week
- PT, OT, SLP or prosthetics/orthotics
- MD psychiatrist -daily visits
- 24 hr rehab nursing
- Rehab team has weekly meetings to review progress
- Family conferences and training
Transitional Care Unit (TCU) - ANSWER- Hospital based, short term sub-acute care
- Acutely stable but needs skilled nursing care
- Transitioning from hospital to home or one care setting to another
- Complex patients
- Therapy less than 3 hrs/day for 5-6 days/wk
- Not a candidate for acute rehab - too high or too low level
Acute rehabilitation candidates - ANSWER- Complex nursing, medical management and continued
rehab, not ready for home
- Functional improvement
- Tolerate 3 hours of therapy per day
- Diagnosis: stroke, SCI, BI, Major multiple trauma, amputation, other neuro disorders
- Goal is to d/c home but may require another destination
Names of SNFs - ANSWER- Sub acute care
- Post acute rehab
- Rehab centers
- Rehab facilities
SNF/Extended care facilities (ECF) - ANSWER- Patient is medically stable
- Unable to be cared for at home and need assistance with daily tasks
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