The Long Term Care Continuum - What's that about?

Long term care is about options. Options are important because people age differently and have very unique needs for support.

Adult Day Care
In a center during the day; offers less than 24 hour therapeutic services and food; resident needs transportation to and from.

Adult Family-Care Home
Full-time, family-type living arrangement in private homes for up to five aged or disabled persons who are not related to the owner. Functional criteria must be met.

Assisted Living Facilities
Facility-based; provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services for residents who are not related to the facility's owner. Functional criteria must be met.

Home Health + Nurse Registries
Provide services in private homes, including nursing and physical therapy.

Continuing Care Retirement Community
Offer different levels of care from independent living in an apartment or house to a skilled nursing facility all within the same community.

Hospice
Offered in home or in a facility; provides a coordinated program of services including pain control and counseling for residents with a terminal diagnosis.

Skilled Nursing Facilities
Facility based; offers nursing care, personal care, custodial care, and rehabilitative care to persons who are ill, recuperating after surgery, or physically weak.

For more details on these different types of facilities, visit the Agency for Health Care Administration. [www.floridahealthstat.com/publications/long.pdf]