Introduction to Home Health Care Often, seniors undergo a lot of stress with long-term hospitalization and rehab stays. Prolonged in-patient stays in seniors are common and secondary to various factors, such as, poor management of chronic disease processes, non-healing wounds, falls, repeated infections, and both planned & unforeseen surgeries with accompanying complications. With hospitalization and rehab stays, patients may not recover completely and often fall short on goal accomplishment by the time they are discharged [...]