Archive for March 2020

Medicare is federal insurance that workers earn after a lifetime of working. The Medicare part A benefit pays for stays at rehabilitation centers. Medicare allows for up to 100 days of inpatient Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation per episode.

The frequency in which you will be seen depends on your specific medical needs and the physician group.   Unlike the hospital, you will most likely not see a doctor every day. You will typically see a Doctor, Physicians Assistant, or Nurse Practicioner within 72 hours of admitting, and as-needed after that initial visit.  …

The amount of therapy provided at a Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Facility is different for each patient. The therapy department creates an individualized treatment plan for every patient. Therapy is hard work for patients and proper rest is equally important. You can often request additional therapy through your therapist. Therapy is typically offered 7 days per…

When a patient discharges from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility, the patient should be stable enough for less frequent monitoring. The frequency that each patient will be monitored depends on the individual care plan, the doctors orders, and the policies of each individual skilled nursing facility. Family members and additional care-givers can often…

This depends on the patient, but typically staff checks in with patients multiple times throughout the day. Typical times are: when nursing is passing medications, performing assessments and treatments; when nurse aides are assisting patients with morning and evening activities of daily living; when therapy is working with patients; at meal times, and when patients…

Generally speaking — Yes! If a patient requests for companionship overnight most skilled nursing facilities will encourage the support. If you decide to spend the night, you’ll want to  let the nursing staff know as soon as possible so they can make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Most Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Facilities strive to answer every call light promptly. The goal is to be at the light within 5-10 minutes.  This does not mean that all needs can be met in five minutes or less. If your need can’t be immediately met, the staff member should keep your light on until it…

There are many different types of call light systems. Most have a beeping function that beeps the same for all rooms on each floor. It typically beeps faster for a bathroom light than for the regular call light. The system sounds the same for each call light, so even though lights are being answered, the…