POST ACUTE CARE CENTER

WHAT IS POST ACUTE CARE?

• Post-Acute Care typically refers to care provided to patients recently released from the hospital, and can take place in many settings including nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. Depending on the intensity of care the patient requires, treatment may include a stay in a facility, ongoing outpatient therapy, or care provided at home.
• Acute care settings include but are not limited to: emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.                                                                      

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The function of post-acute care is to provide for the medical and emotional needs of people who are well enough to be out of a traditional hospital setting, but not well enough to return home.

In some cases, post-acute care is temporary and continues only until the patient has recovered enough to be discharged. In other cases, the need for post-acute care persists throughout the remainder of the patient's life.

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