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Location is '''VGH NU5N''' in EPR; use VIC_N5C when you see this.

This unit is currently located at the Victoria Hospital

*Concordia and Seven Oaks Hospitals will also have such units starting sometime in 2018.

Unit Location is '''VGH NU5N''' in EPR; use VIC_N5C when you see this.

Service is '''VGH Medicine-SbAcut/General''' in EPR use Family Medicine

== Patient Profile ==

* referred to ~~as ''sub acute'' population. Includes~~ patients who are not severely ill or are in recovery phase,exacerbation of a chronic illness, mobility issues including those with non-operative fractures, and end of Life care.

This unit is suited to patients who are ready to be discharged but can’t return home to their current living situation this includes patients who are not severely ill or are in recovery phase, exacerbation of a chronic illness, mobility issues including those with non-operative fractures, and end of Life care.

* While in transitional care the care team monitors health needs and works with the patient to find a safe, long-term living option

in a setting that has the services required to meet their situational needs.

* patients admitted to this unit do not have a Family Physician or whose Primary Care Provider does not admit to a Sub-Acute Unit.

== Where these patients are admitted from ==

* Patients are admitted from other facilities including [[HSC CAU]], inpatient units, direct from Attending FM physician's offices, and VIC [[Urgent Care]] (UC) Department

* those admitted to this unit do not have a family physician or whose Primary Care Provider does not admit to a Sub-Acute Unit.

== Transitions ==

==Transitions==

* Priority discharge is to patient's home environment followed by

* Transfer to a [[Transitional Care]] Unit (TCU)

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-Location is '''VGH NU5N''' in EPR; use VIC_N5C when you see this.
+This unit is currently located at the Victoria Hospital
+*Concordia and Seven Oaks Hospitals will also have such units starting sometime in 2018.
+Unit Location is '''VGH NU5N''' in EPR; use VIC_N5C when you see this.
 Service is '''VGH Medicine-SbAcut/General''' in EPR use Family Medicine
 == Patient Profile ==
-* referred to as ''sub acute'' population. Includes patients who are not severely ill or are in recovery phase,exacerbation of a chronic illness, mobility issues including those with non-operative fractures, and end of Life care.
+This unit is suited to patients who are ready to be discharged but can’t return home to their current living situation this includes patients who are not severely ill or are in recovery phase, exacerbation of a chronic illness, mobility issues including those with non-operative fractures, and end of Life care.
+* While in transitional care the care team monitors health needs and works with the patient to find a safe, long-term living option
+in a setting that has the services required to meet their situational needs.
+* patients admitted to this unit do not have a Family Physician or whose Primary Care Provider does not admit to a Sub-Acute Unit.
+== Where these patients are admitted from ==
 * Patients are admitted from other facilities including [[HSC CAU]], inpatient units, direct from Attending FM physician's offices, and VIC [[Urgent Care]] (UC) Department
-* those admitted to this unit do not have a family physician or whose Primary Care Provider does not admit to a Sub-Acute Unit.
+== Transitions ==
-==Transitions==
 * Priority discharge is to patient's home environment followed by
 * Transfer to a [[Transitional Care]] Unit (TCU)