Continuum of Care, definition and more information
Continuum of Care
Continuum of Care is a concept involving a system that guides and tracks patients over time through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels and intensity of care.
A complete range of programs for children and adolescents with mental illness. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a seamless continuum of care includes, from least to most intensive:
Office or outpatient clinic, with visits usually under one hour.
Intensive case management, with specially trained individuals coordinating or providing psychiatric, financial, legal and medical services to help the child or adolescent live successfully at home and in the community.
Home-based treatment services, with a team of specially trained staff members who go into a home and develop a treatment program to help the child and family.
Continuum of Care is a concept involving a system that guides and tracks patients over time through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels and intensity of care.
A complete range of programs for children and adolescents with mental illness. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a seamless continuum of care includes, from least to most intensive:
Office or outpatient clinic, with visits usually under one hour.
Intensive case management, with specially trained individuals coordinating or providing psychiatric, financial, legal and medical services to help the child or adolescent live successfully at home and in the community.
Home-based treatment services, with a team of specially trained staff members who go into a home and develop a treatment program to help the child and family.
Family support services, which help families care for their children, possibly including parent training and support groups.
Day treatment program, an intensive combination of psychiatric treatment with special education, which the child or adolescent usually attends five days a week.
Partial hospitalization (day hospital), which provides all the treatment services of a psychiatric hospital; however, the patients go home each evening.
Emergency/crisis services, providing 24-hour support for emergencies. May include hospital emergency departments and mobile crisis teams.
Respite care services, which provide a brief period in which the patient stays away from home with specially trained individuals.
Therapeutic group home or community residence, which usually includes six to 10 children or adolescents in each home. This may be linked with a day treatment program or specialized educational program.
Crisis residence, which provides short-term (usually fewer than 15 days) crisis intervention and treatment. Patients receive 24-hour supervision.
Residential treatment facility, where seriously disturbed patients receive intensive and comprehensive psychiatric treatment in a campus-like setting on a longer-term basis.
Hospital treatment, where patients receive comprehensive psychiatric treatment in a hospital. The length of treatment depends on each situation.
Below are list of assistance links: (regulations vary according to agency)
HIMSS
HUD Exchange
Parkland
Coalition for the Homeless
Benefits.gov
National Alliance to end Homelesness
American Hope Resource
Children's Health
National Resource Directory
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