Short term care is designed to be provided after an injury, surgery, illness, or other condition that requires extra everyday care on the road to recovery. Short term care is goal-oriented rehabilitation services to help your loved one gain their strength while their condition improves. Once they are ready, they may return home to continue with independent living. Short term care facilities offer medical and custodial services while your loved one recovers before returning home. Services can last anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few months and are designed to allow your loved one to return home as soon as medically possible. Short term care provides quality staff that assists with physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition therapy, and other basic medical services.