Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families move IRF and LTACH graduates into higher-acuity assisted living, memory care, long-term skilled nursing, or specialty personal care homes. Free to families.
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Patients graduating from an inpatient rehab hospital (IRF) like Encompass Health, or a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) like Select Specialty or Kindred, often need a higher-acuity next-level of care than a typical hospital discharge. Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families identify communities and personal care homes that can safely receive these medically complex patients.
Encompass Health, Select Specialty, and Kindred operate several inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term acute care hospitals across Metro Atlanta. These specialty hospitals accept patients who need more intensive rehab or medical management than a traditional skilled nursing facility can provide — after strokes, prolonged ICU stays, or ventilator weaning. When a patient plateaus in rehab or the LTACH benefit window closes, the family suddenly needs a downstream community that can safely take them.
IRF and LTACH graduates are almost always higher acuity than a typical hospital discharge — they may need ongoing therapy, complex medication management, wound care, or oxygen. Placing them in a community that cannot handle their needs is a leading driver of re-hospitalization within 30 days.
IRF stays are typically 10 to 20 days, LTACH stays 25+ days. Case managers usually flag downstream planning during the middle of the stay. Altuvo uses that window to identify 3 to 5 communities that can accept the patient's clinical profile before the discharge clock starts running.
IRF and LTACH case managers coordinate the medical handoff — records, prescriptions, DME, and transport. What they cannot do is tour communities with the family or vet which private-pay communities have the nursing skill mix to accept a specific patient. Altuvo handles both.
Altuvo works alongside your Encompass, Select Specialty, or Kindred case manager. We take the clinical summary, match your loved one to communities that will actually accept the acuity, and coordinate move-in logistics so your family can focus on recovery.
For IRF/LTACH graduates who need daily nursing oversight and help with ADLs but do not require ongoing skilled nursing.
For patients who continue to need 24-hour licensed nursing — ventilator support, tracheostomy care, complex wound care, or IV therapy.
Secure memory care communities equipped to handle post-hospital delirium, dementia, or cognitive impairment newly identified during a long IRF or LTACH stay.
Small, home-like Georgia Personal Care Homes with higher caregiver ratios — often the best fit for medically complex graduates who need one-on-one attention.
IRF and LTACH graduates typically enter senior living at the higher end of the cost range because of clinical acuity. Here's what Atlanta families see:
Assisted living: $4,500–$8,500/mo. Memory care: $5,500–$9,500/mo. Medicare Part A covers most of an inpatient rehab facility (IRF) stay and much of an LTACH stay. Downstream costs — assisted living, memory care, or long-term skilled nursing — are typically private pay, long-term care insurance, VA benefits, or Georgia Medicaid.
Georgia's Medicaid CCSP and SOURCE waivers can help cover personal care services (not room and board) for eligible seniors after an IRF or LTACH stay. Altuvo connects families to Georgia Medicaid planners who specialize in qualifying long-term rehab patients.
Encompass Health hospitals are inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) that provide intensive therapy — typically 3+ hours per day. Select Specialty and Kindred operate long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) for patients who need extended medical management, ventilator weaning, or complex wound care beyond what a regular hospital or SNF can offer. Both are stepping stones to a downstream community.
LTACH stays are longer (typically 25+ days) and Medicare has strict criteria for continued coverage. When the LTACH benefit window closes, families often face a sudden pressure to identify a lower-acuity long-term care setting. Altuvo helps line up the next step 1 to 2 weeks in advance.
Yes. Altuvo maintains a working list of Metro Atlanta skilled nursing facilities, higher-acuity assisted living communities, and specialty personal care homes that accept residents with vent support, tracheostomies, G-tubes, or complex wound care.
Nothing. Altuvo's placement services are 100% free to families. Communities compensate us when we successfully place a resident, which keeps our advocacy aligned with finding the right clinical fit.