What is Extended Care?

Extended Care = Long-Term Care

A need for care is created by two types of impairments:

Physical: A chronic medical condition that compromises the individual’s ability to get

through the most basic of daily routines

Cognitive: A measurable decline in intellect that compromises a client’s ability to safely

interact with his/her environment

What is Extended Care?

Extended Care Services or Long-Term Care Services may include help with activities of daily living, home health care, respite care, hospice care, adult day care, care in a nursing home or care in an assisted living facility. It may also

include care management services, which will evaluate the clients needs and coordinate and

monitor the delivery of extended services.

Extended Care can be all-consuming. Requiring assistance or supervision on a 24 hour

basis

What is Extended Care?