Home Care and Hospice Care industry Definitions

Subacute Care

Care provided to patients who are sufficiently stabilized to no
longer require Acute Care services, but are too complex for treatment in a conventional nursing center. Subacute programs typically treat patients who are medically complex and require extensive physiological monitoring, intravenous therapy or pre- or post-operative care. Care may focus on a specific medical specialty, such as physical rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, wound care, infectious disease care, neurological rehabilitation, orthopedic care, pre- and post- transplant care and pulmonary care, including ventilator care.