Leaving the Hospital, Going To The Nursing Home

Admitting yourself or someone you love to a nursing home for rehabilitation is something that we have to do and not what we want to do. As we age the risk increases for a health accident even if we are healthy. Unfortunately, nat all of the care we will ned can be provided in a hospital or at a rehabilitation specialty center. Some of us will need to go to a skilled unit at a nursing home.

Near the end of your or your loved ones hospital stay, you will be contacted by the Discharge Planner or Case Manager of the hospital to discuss the alternatives of continued care. You or your loved one may no longer meet the criteria for a hospital stay. Once a patient is stable they must be moved towards a lower level of care.

The Interdisciplinary Care Team of the hospital will assess the needs of the patient’s care based on the acuteness of the care and the monitoring required for the patient, the patient’s rehabilitation potential, the ability of the patient or their family’s ability to care for the patient and the nature of the home environment that supports the patient. In all cases, the goal is to establish a safe discharge plan that meets the needs of the patient.

For the aged and for people with multiple disease progressions the recommendation maybe for the patient to be admitted to a long-term care facility (nursing home) that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation. The hospital Discharge Planner usually provides a list of nursing homes that they are contracted with or provide reliable service for you to tour and select. The discharge planner will not choose for you.

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