Charlotte Nursing Homes

Charlotte nursing homes administer moderate to continuous care to patients for a wide variety of physical and mental disabilities, illnesses and conditions. Also known as skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes often focus on a specific type of care. The most general breakdown occurs between short-term and long-term care. Some Charlotte skilled nursing facilities will provide one or the other, but some more inclusive institutions provide both.

Long-term nursing home care treats seniors that have major and persistent medical conditions. Many seniors are in homes for dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, brain damage, diabetes or general health decline. Long-term patients are not capable of living independently. Nurses, physicians and non-medical staff try to keep patient as comfortable as possible. Home personnel must engage in tasks like managing patient’s medicines, doing regular check-ups and blood work, and assisting with activities of daily living like walking, bathing and eating. Short-term patients are in nursing care to recuperate from a medical event like a heart attack, stroke, aneurism, fall or an invasive operation. Short-term care focuses on rehabilitation services and therapies that get seniors back on their feet. Once they have sufficiently recovered, short-term patients sometimes move to assisted living facilities or adopt in home residential senior care. Others go on with their lives.

While long-term patients often end up in a SNF due to deterioration in their medical condition, short-term patients are often there for further recovery from a preceding hospitalization. Quality hospital care is essential for future nursing care patients because it is the first point of their recovery period. North Carolina hospitals fare higher than the national average based on patients’ hospital experiences. The best Charlotte hospital care, to that measure, can be found at Presbyterian Hospital, Carolinas Med Center-Mercy and Carolinas Med Center-University.

Nursing home care is a topic many will have to face. Around 70 percent of seniors age 65 and older will need long-term care during their lives. Dealing with the stresses surrounding financing nursing care is very difficult. Medicare insurance only covers the first 100 days of a nursing stay within one benefit period. Charlotte nursing home costs are near the national average. Semi-private and private rooms in a SNF bear the monthly cost of $5,931 and $6,388, respectively.

Cost is not the only difficult aspect of nursing care. Many seniors and their loved ones fear nursing facilities because patients will be at the mercy of caregivers. Caregivers may be give negligent or improper care. Also, patients who believe they should not be in a home can make it difficult for caregivers to provide proper care. Seniors and their families deserve options that provide facilities and staff with dedicated, vigilant, compassionate and quality care for their medical needs. We want to help people understand how to weigh those options and how to make the best choice possible.