Acquisition and Dispositions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisition and Dispositions	Acquisitions and Dispositions Harden Healthcare Holdings, Inc. Effective October 18, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of certain net assets relating to the home health, hospice and community care businesses of Harden Healthcare Holdings, Inc. ("Harden") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 18, 2013. The Company completed the acquisition as an entrance into the community care business, primarily throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, and to expand its geographic coverage for its home health and hospice businesses. Total consideration for the acquisition was $426.8 million, exclusive of transaction costs, consisting of approximately $365.0 million in cash, $53.8 million in shares of Gentiva's common stock and additional contingent consideration of $9.5 million, recorded at estimated fair value of approximately $8.1 million. The contingent consideration includes (i) a consulting agreement entered into with Capstar Partners, LLC, (ii) a sub-lease termination agreement entered into with Capstar Investment Partners, L.P., both which carry performance criteria tied to certain levels of community care program reimbursement rates in the State of Texas, as defined in the agreements, and (iii) a consulting agreement entered into with a former executive of Harden. Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC Effective February 2014, the Company sold its Wilkesboro, North Carolina branch to Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC for $2.9 million. Total Care Home Health of North Carolina, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, owns a 60 percent interest in Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC, which provides home health services in the Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro, North Carolina geographical areas. The Company's non-guarantor subsidiary reflects (i) a receivable of $1.7 million and (ii) a liability due of $2.9 million to Company's guarantor subsidiary relating to this transaction, which was settled in early April 2014.

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Harden Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

Effective October 18, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of certain net assets relating to the home health, hospice and community care businesses of Harden Healthcare Holdings, Inc. ("Harden") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 18, 2013. The Company completed the acquisition as an entrance into the community care business, primarily throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, and to expand its geographic coverage for its home health and hospice businesses. Total consideration for the acquisition was $426.8 million, exclusive of transaction costs, consisting of approximately $365.0 million in cash, $53.8 million in shares of Gentiva's common stock and additional contingent consideration of $9.5 million, recorded at estimated fair value of approximately $8.1 million. The contingent consideration includes (i) a consulting agreement entered into with Capstar Partners, LLC, (ii) a sub-lease termination agreement entered into with Capstar Investment Partners, L.P., both which carry performance criteria tied to certain levels of community care program reimbursement rates in the State of Texas, as defined in the agreements, and (iii) a consulting agreement entered into with a former executive of Harden.

Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC

Effective February 2014, the Company sold its Wilkesboro, North Carolina branch to Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC for $2.9 million. Total Care Home Health of North Carolina, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, owns a 60 percent interest in Wake Forest Baptist Health Care at Home, LLC, which provides home health services in the Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro, North Carolina geographical areas. The Company's non-guarantor subsidiary reflects (i) a receivable of $1.7 million and (ii) a liability due of $2.9 million to Company's guarantor subsidiary relating to this transaction, which was settled in early April 2014.