State RegulationsMI specificDifficulty 2/5
A Michigan long-term care policyholder no longer needs daily skilled nursing but still requires occasional nursing and rehabilitative services. Which level of care describes this need?
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Why C is correct
Within Michigan's long-term care levels of care under M.C.L. 500.3901-.3955 and DIFS consumer materials, intermediate care is the middle tier: occasional nursing and rehabilitative services for a person who does not require the continuous daily skilled care of a licensed professional but needs more than custodial assistance. It sits between skilled nursing care and custodial care.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) Custodial care involves assistance with daily living activities and involves no nursing or rehabilitative services.
- B) Respite care is short-term relief for a family caregiver, a different concept from a level of nursing intensity.
- D) Hospice care is end-of-life comfort care, not the middle nursing-care tier described in the stem.
Memory hook
Intermediate care: less than skilled, more than custodial.