Local authority intermediate care service: exception from scope of care home services4
In regulation 2 (care home services), after paragraph (4) insert—
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For the purposes of paragraph (1)(l) of this regulation—
“intermediate care” (“gofal canolraddol”) means the provision of accommodation, together with nursing or care, to an adult for a limited period for the purpose of promoting the adult’s ability to live independently in their own home by—
- a
avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital,
- b
minimising the duration of any admission to hospital by enabling timely discharge,
- c
enabling recovery following discharge from hospital, or
- d
preventing or delaying admission to a care home service;
“local authority intermediate care service” (“gwasanaeth gofal canolraddol awdurdod lleol”) means a service providing intermediate care—
- a
which is provided by a local authority to an adult in accordance with its duties in Part 2 or 4 of the 2014 Act4,
- b
where the accommodation used for the purposes of the intermediate care is vested in the local authority, and
- c
where any care and support is provided by a domiciliary support service the local authority is registered to provide.