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Transitional Care is provided in Transition Care Units (TCU) and [[River Ridge Transition Care Environment]] (TCE). | Transitional Care is provided in Transition Care Units (TCU) and [[River Ridge Transition Care Environment]] (TCE). | ||
A transitional care facility is a temporary place where rehabilitation or other medical care is provided before going home or to a nursing home or other more permanent placement. This includes Geriatric Rehab. | |||
In the WRHA setting TCUs usually have a defined period of time for the resident's stay to determine most appropriate final discharge destination. | |||
If a patient's discharge to a TCU was delayed by more than a day then also code [[Awaiting/delayed transfer to transitional care facility]]. | If a patient's discharge to a TCU was delayed by more than a day then also code [[Awaiting/delayed transfer to transitional care facility]]. | ||
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===HSC=== | ===HSC=== | ||
no longer existence as of November 2017 | no longer existence as of November 2017 | ||