Different Level of Care
Planning, Hospice, Level of Care, Levels of Service, Skilled Care, Subacute Care Facility.
Alternate
Level of Care: A
level of care that can safely be used in place of the current level and
determined based on the acuity and complexity of the patient’s condition and
the type of needed services and resources.
Level of Care: A
level of care that can safely be used in place of the current level and
determined based on the acuity and complexity of the patient’s condition and
the type of needed services and resources.
Appropriateness of Setting: Used to determine if the level of care needed is
being delivered in the most appropriate and cost-effective setting possible.
being delivered in the most appropriate and cost-effective setting possible.
Continuum of Care: The continuum of care matches ongoing needs of the
individuals being served by the case management process with the appropriate
level and type of health, medical, financial, legal and psychosocial care for
services within a setting or across multiple settings.
individuals being served by the case management process with the appropriate
level and type of health, medical, financial, legal and psychosocial care for
services within a setting or across multiple settings.
Custodial Care: Care provided primarily to assist a patient in meeting the
activities of daily living but not requiring skilled nursing care.
activities of daily living but not requiring skilled nursing care.
Discharge Planning: The process of assessing the patient’s needs of care after
discharge from a healthcare facility and ensuring that the necessary services
are in place before discharge.
discharge from a healthcare facility and ensuring that the necessary services
are in place before discharge.
This process ensures a patient’s timely,
appropriate, and safe discharge to the next level of care or setting including
appropriate use of resources necessary for ongoing care.
appropriate, and safe discharge to the next level of care or setting including
appropriate use of resources necessary for ongoing care.
Hospice: A system of inpatient and outpatient care, which is supportive and
palliative family-centered care, designed to assist the individual with
terminal illness to be comfortable and maintain a satisfactory lifestyle
through the end of life.
palliative family-centered care, designed to assist the individual with
terminal illness to be comfortable and maintain a satisfactory lifestyle
through the end of life.
Level of Care: The intensity of effort required to diagnose, treat, preserve or
maintain an individual’s physical or emotional status.
maintain an individual’s physical or emotional status.
Levels of Service: Based on the patient’s condition and the needed level of
care, used to identify and verify that the patient is receiving care at the
appropriate level.
care, used to identify and verify that the patient is receiving care at the
appropriate level.
Skilled Care: Patient care services that require delivery by a licensed
professional such as a registered nurse or physical therapist, occupational
therapist, speech pathologist, or social worker.
professional such as a registered nurse or physical therapist, occupational
therapist, speech pathologist, or social worker.
Subacute Care Facility: A healthcare facility that is a step down from an acute
care hospital and a step up from a conventional skilled nursing facility
intensity of services.
care hospital and a step up from a conventional skilled nursing facility
intensity of services.
Transitional Planning: The process case managers apply to ensure that
appropriate resources and services are provided to patients and that these
services are provided in the most appropriate setting or level of care as delineated
in the standards and guidelines of regulatory and accreditation agencies.
appropriate resources and services are provided to patients and that these
services are provided in the most appropriate setting or level of care as delineated
in the standards and guidelines of regulatory and accreditation agencies.
It
focuses on moving a patient from most complex to less complex care setting.
focuses on moving a patient from most complex to less complex care setting.