the first level of skilled care beyond the acute hospital setting. Patients appropriate for subacute care typically require skilled nursing as well as rehabilitation services.
A level of care for patients not requiring the intensity of services of a hospital, but that require some ancillary, nursing and support services beyond typical skilled nursing care.
A level of care designed for the individual who has had an acute event as a result of an illness, and is in need of skilled nursing or rehabilitation but does not need the intensive diagnostic or invasive procedures of the hospital. Inherent in program design is an outcome-focused interdisciplinary approach which utilizes a professional team to deliver complex and clinical interventions.
Short term care of individuals who have been hospitalized and need a period of medical monitoring and/or rehabilitation before returning home. Can be provided in either a nursing facility or hospital skilled nursing or transitional care unit.