Exit Activities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Exit Activities [Abstract]

Schedule Of Exit Activities

	2011 Exit Activities						2010 Exit Activities
	Home Health		Hospice		Total		Home Health		Hospice		Total		Balance Sheet Line Item	Income Statement Line Item
Lease Terminations:
Consolidations	$	1.3	$	0.1	$	1.4	$	8.6	$	0.8	$	9.4	Accrued Expenses	General and administrative - other
Closures		1.6		—		1.6		1.1		0.5		1.6	Accrued Expenses	Discontinued operations
Total		2.9		0.1		3.0		9.7		1.3		11.0
Relocation costs:
Consolidations		—		—		—		0.5		0.1		0.6	Accrued Expenses	General and administrative - other
Closures		—		—		—		0.1		—		0.1	Accrued Expenses	Discontinued operations
Total		—		—		—		0.6		0.1		0.7
Severance:
Consolidations		0.2		—		0.2		0.4		—		0.4	Payroll and employee benefits	General and administrative - salaries and benefits
Closures		0.5		—		0.5		0.2		0.1		0.3	Payroll and employee benefits	Discontinued operations
Total		0.7		—		0.7		0.6		0.1		0.7
Intangible write-off:
Consolidations		0.6		0.2		0.8		1.9		0.1		2.0	Intangible Assets	Depreciation and amortization
Closures		0.1		0.2		0.3		0.2		—		0.2	Intangible Assets	Discontinued operations
Total		0.7		0.4		1.1		2.1		0.1		2.2
Asset write-off:
Consolidations		0.2		—		0.2		—		—		—	Property and equipment	Miscellaneous, net
Closures		0.2		—		0.2		—		—		—	Property and equipment	Discontinued operations
Total		0.4		—		0.4		—		—		—
Total
Consolidations		2.3		0.3		2.6		11.4		1.0		12.4
Closures		2.4		0.2		2.6		1.6		0.6		2.2
Total	$	4.7	$	0.5	$	5.2	$	13.0	$	1.6	$	14.6

Schedule Of Reserve Activity For Closures And Consolidation

	2011 Exit Activity						2010 Exit Activity
	Lease Termination			Severance			Lease Termination			Severance
Balances at December 31, 2009	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Charge in 2010		—			—			10.2			0.7
Cash expenditures in 2010		—			—			(2.6	)		(0.5	)
Balances at December 31, 2010		—			—			7.6			0.2
Charge in 2011		3.0			0.7			0.8			—
Cash expenditures in 2011		(0.3	)		(0.6	)		(3.4	)		(0.2	)
Balances at December 31, 2011	$	2.7		$	0.1		$	5.0		$	—