Success Stories by Topic: Long-term care

• Timely Life Care Project
  May 2009
  The project funded 4,320 patient visits, and there was increased understanding among many in the area’s health care system of the value of palliative care in reducing acute care recidivism, the length of hospital stays, and emergency room and doctor’s office visits.
• Leadership Development Services
  August 2007
  The Public Hospital Cooperative (PHC) and its formal Leadership Development committee have developed the Leadership Development Series, which focuses on education for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care unit managers.
• Texas Independence Program
  January 2007
  The Texas Independence Program (TIP) is designed to reduce the need for long-term institutional placement and increase options in the community for the 1,842 frail elderly and disabled residents of Texas' Colorado, Lavaca, and Jackson Counties.