What Is A Skilled Nursing Facility?
Looking for medical treatments, rehabilitative services, and short- or long-term care in Utah? A skilled nursing facility may be right for you.
A skilled nursing facility, also abbreviated SNF for short, is a live-in healthcare center that provides around-the-clock nursing care for patients who need significant healthcare help but don’t require the level of care a hospital provides.
Skilled nursing facilities are most often right for people who are recovering from a stay in the hospital but also aren’t ready to go home yet. They are also options for people who need long-term care that comes with constant access to high-level medical staff, like nurses and doctors.
A skilled nursing facility always has licensed nurses available 24/7 for health emergencies and rehabilitation, as well as doctors who can prescribe medication and diagnose and monitor injuries. SNF’s offer both short- and long-term care, a number of therapies, medical services, and durations of stay.
At Monument Health Group, we offer all of the above — and more — at our Utah skilled nursing facilities.
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What Types Of Care Are Available In Skilled Nursing Facilities?
The level of care you’ll find at a skilled nursing facility is generally greater than at an assisted living facility or at a nursing home. At our skilled nursing facilities in Utah, we offer medical services, such as:
- Dietary counseling
- Tube feedings
- Medication services
- Surgery
- IV therapy
- Speech therapy
- Diabetes management
- Cardiac care
- Infectious disease management
- Medication services
- Infectious disease control
We pride ourselves on a high level of care, knowledgeable and friendly staff, compassion, knowledge, respect, and positive outcomes.
What Services Are Offered?
In addition to 24-hour access to trained medical staff, we also offer a number of non-medical services for short- and long-term guests. We strive to ensure everyone who enters our doors is as comfortable and healthy, inside and out.
Our services include:
- Meals
- Personal care, such as grooming and beautician services
- Concierge and valet services
- Daily enrichment activities
- Routine care, like bathing and teeth brushing
- Toilet and incontinence support
- Discharge planning
- Mobility services
Who Needs Nursing Care At An SNF?
Skilled nursing facilities are the bridge between hospital and home. Most often, skilled nursing facilities are suited for people who are leaving the hospital after a stay but still need health monitoring for their illness or injury, and access to skilled medical staff around the clock.
They are also for patients needing injury or illness rehabilitation that requires access to nurses and doctors, as well as various therapists, such as speech pathologists and occupational therapists. SNFs are great places for people who are regaining their strength and body function before returning home.
Finally, skilled nursing facilities are excellent places for those with chronic conditions and the elderly needing a level of supervision from medical staff that a nursing home is unequipped to provide. Skilled nursing care offers tube feedings, IV therapies, and major wound care that other facilities do not or are unable to provide.
Rehabilitative And Long-Term Care At Skilled Nursing Facilities
Skilled nursing is more than just assisted living. Assisted living facilities offer many of the services of skilled nursing facilities, but SNFs add an additional level of care in the form of always-available doctors and nurses.
Skilled nursing facilities are able to care for medical conditions of much greater complexity than assisted living facilities and nursing homes. SNFs are also often covered by insurance providers, like Medicare and Medicaid, when nursing homes and other assisted living is not.
Finally, skilled nursing facilities are suitable for both short- and long-term care, while assisted living is most often for long-term patients. If you have questions about which facility may be correct for you or your loved one, you are always welcome to give us a call and discuss your options.
Call Monument Health Group Today
If you or one of your loved ones think you may need skilled nursing care in Utah, either long-term or in preparation to return home after a hospital stay, call Monument Health Group today. We have more than a dozen locations throughout Utah to serve you.
We are always happy to answer any questions you may have concerning our facilities, or if our services are appropriate. Call now to discuss any of the issues above or for answers to questions you may have. We look forward to serving you and your family.
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