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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 chance increases for a health accident even if we're healthy. Sadly, nat all of the care we will need may be supplied in a hospital or at a rehabilitation specialty center. A few 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 options of continued care. You or your loved one may no longer meet the criteria for a hospital stay. Once a patient is stable they should be moved towards a lower level of care. The Interdisciplinary Care Team of the hospital will assess the needs of the patient's care depending on the acuteness of the care and also 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 objective is to create a safe discharge plan to suit the requirements of the patient.
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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 chance increases for a health accident even if we're healthy. Sadly, nat all of the care we will need may be supplied in a hospital or at a rehabilitation specialty center. A few 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 options of continued care. You or your loved one may no longer meet the criteria for a hospital stay. Once a patient is stable they should be moved towards a lower level of care. The Interdisciplinary Care Team of the hospital will assess the needs of the patient's care depending on the acuteness of the care and also 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 objective is to create a safe discharge plan to suit the requirements of the patient.
For the aged and for people with numerous disease progressions the recommendation perhaps for the patient to be admitted to a long-term care facility (nursing home) that offers qualified nursing and rehabilitation. The hospital Discharge Planner generally offers a list of nursing homes that they are contracted with or offer dependable service for you to tour and choose. The discharge planner will not choose for you. I suggest that you take the time to see at least three nursing homes for the following reasons:
To find out if environment is favorable to your patients needs and comfort levels.
Bed availability. Some skilled units have two bed rooms, 3 bed rooms and 4 bed rooms.
Do they have the competent staff to offer the services required? Physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech language pathologist.
Responsiveness of nursing staff. Are they staffed? Do they respond promptly?
Observe resident in the nursing house. Are they clean? Are the staff mindful of them?
Once you make the selection the Discharge Planner will check for bed availability at that nursing home. The nursing home might send their nurse liaison to the hospital to assess the resident and make sure that the nursing home can provide the care and has the appropriate equipment for the patient as well as get the needed info to verify that the patient has met Medicare criteria for a qualified rehabilitation stay and to obtain info to ensure the payer source.
This information is then passed on to the nursing home's Admissions Coordinator to review. As soon as it has been determined that the nursing home will accept the patient the Discharge Planner is contacted. The Discharge Planner will obtained the necessary physicians orders to discharge the patient to the nursing home and make the transportation plans. As a courtesy to the nursing home sometimes the Discharge Planner will fax the orders on to the Admissions Coordinator so the receiving nurse can verify the equipment needed and order the medications needed for the patient. Otherwise, the orders come with the patient.
While at the nursing home the Admissions Coordinator is validating the payer source. If the payer source is conventional Medicare they will validate the days available that Medicare will pay for. If, an HMO is the payer source they'll obtain required authorization, level of care and also the days authorized to provide care. The Admissions Coordinator will share all of the hospital information to the Interdisciplinary Team of the nursing home to get ready to receive the patient.
By the time the patient arrives at the nursing home the room should be ready with all of the necessary devices needed. The Admissions Coordinator will have an agreement ready for the patient or the responsible party to review and sign. Once in the nursing home the patient is known as a "Resident". The nursing home is a different environment. It's not a hospital, nor home for a skilled patient.
To find out if environment is favorable to your patients needs and comfort levels.
Bed availability. Some skilled units have two bed rooms, 3 bed rooms and 4 bed rooms.
Do they have the competent staff to offer the services required? Physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech language pathologist.
Responsiveness of nursing staff. Are they staffed? Do they respond promptly?
Observe resident in the nursing house. Are they clean? Are the staff mindful of them?
Once you make the selection the Discharge Planner will check for bed availability at that nursing home. The nursing home might send their nurse liaison to the hospital to assess the resident and make sure that the nursing home can provide the care and has the appropriate equipment for the patient as well as get the needed info to verify that the patient has met Medicare criteria for a qualified rehabilitation stay and to obtain info to ensure the payer source.
This information is then passed on to the nursing home's Admissions Coordinator to review. As soon as it has been determined that the nursing home will accept the patient the Discharge Planner is contacted. The Discharge Planner will obtained the necessary physicians orders to discharge the patient to the nursing home and make the transportation plans. As a courtesy to the nursing home sometimes the Discharge Planner will fax the orders on to the Admissions Coordinator so the receiving nurse can verify the equipment needed and order the medications needed for the patient. Otherwise, the orders come with the patient.
While at the nursing home the Admissions Coordinator is validating the payer source. If the payer source is conventional Medicare they will validate the days available that Medicare will pay for. If, an HMO is the payer source they'll obtain required authorization, level of care and also the days authorized to provide care. The Admissions Coordinator will share all of the hospital information to the Interdisciplinary Team of the nursing home to get ready to receive the patient.
By the time the patient arrives at the nursing home the room should be ready with all of the necessary devices needed. The Admissions Coordinator will have an agreement ready for the patient or the responsible party to review and sign. Once in the nursing home the patient is known as a "Resident". The nursing home is a different environment. It's not a hospital, nor home for a skilled patient.
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This information is then passed on to the nursing home's Admissions Coordinator to review. As soon as it has been determined that the nursing home will accept the patient the Discharge Planner is contacted. The Discharge Planner will obtained the necessary physicians orders to discharge the patient to the nursing home and make the transportation plans. As a courtesy to the nursing home sometimes the Discharge Planner will fax the orders on to the Admissions Coordinator so the receiving nurse can verify the equipment needed and order the medications needed for the patient. Otherwise, the orders come with the patient.
While at the nursing home the Admissions Coordinator is validating the payer source. If the payer source is conventional Medicare they will validate the days available that Medicare will pay for. If, an HMO is the payer source they'll obtain required authorization, level of care and also the days authorized to provide care. The Admissions Coordinator will share all of the hospital information to the Interdisciplinary Team of the nursing home to get ready to receive the patient.
By the time the patient arrives at the nursing home the room should be ready with all of the necessary devices needed. The Admissions Coordinator will have an agreement ready for the patient or the responsible party to review and sign. Once in the nursing home the patient is known as a "Resident". The nursing home is a different environment. It's not a hospital, nor home for a skilled patient.
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While at the nursing home the Admissions Coordinator is validating the payer source. If the payer source is conventional Medicare they will validate the days available that Medicare will pay for. If, an HMO is the payer source they'll obtain required authorization, level of care and also the days authorized to provide care. The Admissions Coordinator will share all of the hospital information to the Interdisciplinary Team of the nursing home to get ready to receive the patient.
By the time the patient arrives at the nursing home the room should be ready with all of the necessary devices needed. The Admissions Coordinator will have an agreement ready for the patient or the responsible party to review and sign. Once in the nursing home the patient is known as a "Resident". The nursing home is a different environment. It's not a hospital, nor home for a skilled patient.
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