Intermediate Care
Important information:
From 1 April 2011 Community Health Oxfordshire (CHO) integrates with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Information regarding Intermediate Care has now moved across to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s website and can be found here.
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Working together to provide streamlined and seamless care
Often, patients and particularly the elderly may need further rehabilitation and support following treatment in hospital. This is known as intermediate care which can bridge that gap between hospital and home. Patients may need care in a residential setting, such as a nursing home or in a community hospital, or they may simply need some level of support in their own home, either after leaving hospital or to prevent unnecessary admission. Usually these patients need care from both health and social care professionals.
The aim of the Intermediate Care Service is to provide short-term rehabilitative care to enable the individual to regain their independence to continue to live in their own home, thereby reducing hospital admissions and enabling earlier and timely discharge from hospital.
Where a patient requires short-term rehabilitative intervention and support, an assessment of the patient's needs is undertaken and the skills of the multi-disciplinary teams of social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, mental health nurses and support workers together provide the appropriate package of care and rehabilitative treatment. The teams are able to offer a responsive service to patients for a period of up to four weeks.