Long-Term Care✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Which statement best describes intermediate long-term care?
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Why C is correct
Intermediate care sits between skilled and custodial care: it combines personal care with intermittent skilled nursing or rehabilitation services ordered by a physician, provided on a less than 24-hour basis. AH-V.1b requires distinguishing the three care levels; intermediate care is the 'occasional skilled need' category that many transitioning patients receive after a hospital stay.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) Continuous around-the-clock registered nursing describes skilled care, not the intermittent model of intermediate care.
- B) Assistance only with daily living is custodial care, which has no skilled component at all.
- D) Intermediate care is delivered in nursing or home settings, not exclusively in acute hospitals.
Memory hook
Intermediate = personal care plus a sprinkling of skilled nursing now and then, on doctor's orders.