intermediate care
Americannoun
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an intermediate level of healthcare for chronically ill, disabled, or elderly people, especially in a facility for this purpose.
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a level of nursing care that is supervised by physicians or a registered nurse, intermediate between intensive and basic care.
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Denmark, for example, has created a national network of "intermediate care beds" in community hospitals and care homes, staffed by nurses and carers, that patients can be discharged into.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
The state also ordered that hospitals, skilled nursing centers and intermediate care facilities must verify that visitors indoors are either fully vaccinated or have tested negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their arrival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
That meant that some critical-care patients were being treated on a different floor, in a unit that is normally used for intermediate care, she said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020
A Hacienda spokesperson says a 28-year-old resident at the intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities was found to have several maggots beneath his gauze bandage near a surgical incision.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
The intermediate care facility had long been exempted from state oversight but will now arguably face as much or more scrutiny as any Arizona licensed assisted living centers or nursing homes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
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