Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 62,884	$ 86,957	$ 159,595	$ 207,052
Receivables, net	291,338	289,905
Deferred tax assets, net	26,090	28,153
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	66,668	64,746
Total current assets	446,980	469,761
Note receivable from CareCentrix	28,471	28,471
Fixed assets, net	47,188	49,375
Intangible assets, net	251,072	253,727
Goodwill	383,487	383,487
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	67,482	68,647
Total assets	1,224,680	1,253,468	1,251,793
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	47,263	45,325
Accounts payable	12,596	15,659
Other current liabilities	287,908	314,486
Total current liabilities	347,767	375,470
Long-term debt	1,118,197	1,124,432
Deferred tax liabilities, net	12,947	8,483
Other liabilities	51,843	53,084
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(310,178)	(310,876)
Noncontrolling interests	4,104	2,875
Total deficit	(306,074)	(308,001)	40,943	232,960
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	1,224,680	1,253,468
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	31,312	55,388	117,759	166,140
Receivables, net	0	0
Deferred tax assets, net	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	31,312	55,388
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0	0
Fixed assets, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	805,160	782,470
Other assets	27,012	28,266
Total assets	863,484	866,124
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	47,263	45,325
Accounts payable	0	0
Other current liabilities	1,917	0
Total current liabilities	49,180	45,325
Long-term debt	1,118,197	1,124,432
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0	0
Other liabilities	6,285	7,243
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(310,178)	(310,876)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total deficit	(310,178)	(310,876)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	863,484	866,124
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	288,024	284,637
Deferred tax assets, net	22,848	25,845
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	55,950	52,971
Total current assets	366,822	363,453
Note receivable from CareCentrix	28,471	28,471
Fixed assets, net	46,652	48,855
Intangible assets, net	248,472	251,127
Goodwill	377,013	379,880
Investment in subsidiaries	24,105	23,493
Other assets	40,463	40,375
Total assets	1,131,998	1,135,654
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	55,670	15,377
Other current liabilities	212,663	283,483
Total current liabilities	268,333	298,860
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	12,947	8,483
Other liabilities	45,558	45,841
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	805,160	782,470
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total deficit	805,160	782,470
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	1,131,998	1,135,654
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	31,572	31,569	41,836	40,912
Receivables, net	51,028	33,878
Deferred tax assets, net	3,242	2,308
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	10,718	11,775
Total current assets	96,560	79,530
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0	0
Fixed assets, net	536	520
Intangible assets, net	2,600	2,600
Goodwill	6,474	3,607
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	7	6
Total assets	106,177	86,263
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	282
Other current liabilities	77,968	59,613
Total current liabilities	77,968	59,895
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	24,105	23,493
Noncontrolling interests	4,104	2,875
Total deficit	28,209	26,368
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	106,177	86,263
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	(47,714)	(28,610)
Deferred tax assets, net	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(47,714)	(28,610)
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0	0
Fixed assets, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(829,265)	(805,963)
Other assets	0	0
Total assets	(876,979)	(834,573)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	(43,074)	0
Other current liabilities	(4,640)	(28,610)
Total current liabilities	(47,714)	(28,610)
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(829,265)	(805,963)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total deficit	(829,265)	(805,963)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(876,979)	(834,573)
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	62,884	86,957
Receivables, net	291,338
Deferred tax assets, net	26,090
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	66,668
Total current assets	446,980
Note receivable from CareCentrix	28,471
Fixed assets, net	47,188
Intangible assets, net	254,732	256,282
Goodwill	390,081	390,081
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Other assets	67,482
Total assets	1,234,934	1,262,617
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	47,263
Accounts payable	12,596
Other current liabilities	287,908
Total current liabilities	347,767
Long-term debt	1,118,197
Deferred tax liabilities, net	14,711	9,825
Other liabilities	51,843
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(301,688)	(303,069)
Noncontrolling interests	4,104
Total deficit	(297,584)	(300,194)	29,644	234,700
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	1,234,934	1,262,617
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] | Gentiva Health Services, Inc. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	31,002	55,076
Receivables, net	0
Deferred tax assets, net	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0
Total current assets	31,002
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0
Fixed assets, net	0
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	813,960
Other assets	27,012
Total assets	871,974
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	47,263
Accounts payable	0
Other current liabilities	1,917
Total current liabilities	49,180
Long-term debt	1,118,197
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Other liabilities	6,285
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(301,688)
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total deficit	(301,688)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	871,974
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Receivables, net	285,494
Deferred tax assets, net	22,848
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	55,939
Total current assets	364,281
Note receivable from CareCentrix	28,471
Fixed assets, net	46,612
Intangible assets, net	252,132
Goodwill	381,150
Investment in subsidiaries	29,125
Other assets	40,463
Total assets	1,142,234
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0
Accounts payable	55,670
Other current liabilities	212,335
Total current liabilities	268,005
Long-term debt	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	14,711
Other liabilities	45,558
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	813,960
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total deficit	813,960
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	1,142,234
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	31,882	31,881
Receivables, net	53,558
Deferred tax assets, net	3,242
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	10,729
Total current assets	99,411
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0
Fixed assets, net	576
Intangible assets, net	2,600
Goodwill	8,931
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Other assets	7
Total assets	111,525
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0
Accounts payable	0
Other current liabilities	78,296
Total current liabilities	78,296
Long-term debt	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Other liabilities	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	29,125
Noncontrolling interests	4,104
Total deficit	33,229
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	111,525
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Receivables, net	(47,714)
Deferred tax assets, net	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0
Total current assets	(47,714)
Note receivable from CareCentrix	0
Fixed assets, net	0
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(843,085)
Other assets	0
Total assets	(890,799)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0
Accounts payable	(43,074)
Other current liabilities	(4,640)
Total current liabilities	(47,714)
Long-term debt	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Other liabilities	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(843,085)
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total deficit	(843,085)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(890,799)
Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Current assets:
Intangible assets, net	(3,660)	(2,555)
Goodwill	(6,594)	(6,594)
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Total assets	(10,254)	(9,149)
Current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(1,764)	(1,342)
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(8,490)	(7,807)
Total deficit	(8,490)	(7,807)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(10,254)	(9,149)
Restatement Adjustment [Member] | Gentiva Health Services, Inc. [Member]
Current assets:
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(8,490)
Total assets	(8,490)
Current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(8,490)
Total deficit	(8,490)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(8,490)
Restatement Adjustment [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Intangible assets, net	(3,660)
Goodwill	(6,594)
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Total assets	(10,254)
Current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(1,764)
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(8,490)
Total deficit	(8,490)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(10,254)
Restatement Adjustment [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Total assets	0
Current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	0
Total deficit	0
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	0
Restatement Adjustment [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	8,490
Total assets	8,490
Current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	8,490
Total deficit	8,490
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	8,490
Revision Adjustment [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Receivables, net	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0
Total current assets	0
Fixed assets, net	0
Intangible assets, net	0				(900)
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Total assets	0
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities	0
Total current liabilities	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0				(400)
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	0
Total deficit	0		11,299	(1,740)	(500)	(1,200)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	0
Revision Adjustment [Member] | Gentiva Health Services, Inc. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	310	312
Receivables, net	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0
Total current assets	310
Fixed assets, net	0
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(310)
Total assets	0
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities	0
Total current liabilities	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	0
Total deficit	0
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	0
Revision Adjustment [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Receivables, net	2,530
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	11
Total current assets	2,541
Fixed assets, net	40
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	2,457
Investment in subsidiaries	(5,020)
Total assets	18
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities	328
Total current liabilities	328
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(310)
Total deficit	(310)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	18
Revision Adjustment [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	(310)	(312)
Receivables, net	(2,530)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(11)
Total current assets	(2,851)
Fixed assets, net	(40)
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	(2,457)
Investment in subsidiaries	0
Total assets	(5,348)
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities	(328)
Total current liabilities	(328)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	(5,020)
Total deficit	(5,020)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	(5,348)
Revision Adjustment [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Receivables, net	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0
Total current assets	0
Fixed assets, net	0
Intangible assets, net	0
Goodwill	0
Investment in subsidiaries	5,330
Total assets	5,330
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities	0
Total current liabilities	0
Deferred tax liabilities, net	0
Total Gentiva shareholders' deficit	5,330
Total deficit	5,330
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	$ 5,330