title: Continuum of care provides services for senior citizens.
abstract: To address the needs of its growing senior population, as well as the need to shorten its lengths of stay, West Georgia Health System in LaGrange and its 276-bed hospital have developed an integrated continuum of geriatric services. As part of that continuum, the hospital has opened an adult day care program within its skilled nursing facility to provide care to senior citizens who don't require 24-hour-a-day assistance. When patients are discharged from the hospital's subacute unit, they may sign up for visits from a Senior Companion Services or AmeriCorps volunteer.
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration; D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019091:Critical Pathways; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005845:Georgia; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D019467:Subacute Care / Q000458:organization & administration