Long-term Care Resources
Accessing Long-term Acute Care
Paying for Long-term Acute Care

Patients with the most severe and complex conditions are treated by long-term acute care hospitals. Patients typically come to these hospitals directly from intensive care units of general hospitals and require extended treatment — 25 days or longer. So, admission into a nursing home or rehabilitation hospital would be inappropriate for these patients. The goal of these hospitals is to help patients recover and return to their home.

The severity of the long-term acute care patient’s condition requires:

• an on-site doctor to assess the patient's condition every day
• a doctor-directed professional team
• significant supplementary services as dictated by the patient's medical needs
• care providers with advanced assessment and intervention skills
• education for the patient and family to manage their present and future healthcare needs

Accessing Long-term Acute Care
Hospital discharge planners work with you, your doctor, and the Long-term Acute Care facility to arrange your transfer.

You can contact us for additional Long-term Acute Care resources or for resources for on-going needs after Long-term Acute Care. You can also e-mail us your questions.