intermediate care

American  

noun

1. an intermediate level of healthcare for chronically ill, disabled, or elderly people, especially in a facility for this purpose.

2. a level of nursing care that is supervised by physicians or a registered nurse, intermediate between intensive and basic care.

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Example Sentences

The state can claim only up to the amount Medi-Cal spent on certain medical services, including long-term and intermediate care and related costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

It allows patients like him to take blood pressure and oxygen levels which are then monitored remotely by an intermediate care clinician - nurse Claire Coleman.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

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

Hacienda is the first intermediate care facility in Arizona to be licensed since the 1990s, when lawmakers previously approved an exemption for them.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2019