Topic: nursing home
Skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and rehab centers provide short-term, residential rehabilitation services to individuals recovering after a hospital stay following an illness, injury, or surgery, or long-term care for individuals who require more specialized medical support. …
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), also known as Nursing Homes, are for individuals that have ongoing health or medical conditions that require constant care and supervision or need rehabilitation following a hospitalization.
Skilled nursing services focus on medical care. …
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Judy had an emergency hip replacement after a fall. She needs to be discharged tomorrow to a skilled nursing facility. She needs several weeks of intensive physical therapy to be able to walk again. Then she may need to live in assisted living.
The discharge planner has a list of options. Judy and her daughter, who lives an hour away, don’t know how to make a wise choice.
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While “aging in place” has its benefits, such individualized care can be expensive. Additionally, it can be isolating. Senior housing and long-term care options require a move but are more social and can be cost effective. …