Setting the standard for community-based care & creating a comprehensive continuum of care

Home health and adult day services providers are natural collaborators, as both institutions seek to allow chronically ill patients to receive care at home. Well-formed partnerships between these two types of providers can result in better patient care that is more economical under the prospective payment system, and open up joint marketing opportunities. The authors review the benefits of home health-adult day services collaboration, as well as some considerations for home health agencies entering into an agreement with an adult day services provider.