Flagstaff Nursing Homes Information

Registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, doctors, non-medical personnel, social and recreational professionals, case workers, therapists and nutritionists are continuously ready to see to each patient’s issues.

For monthly Flagstaff skilled nursing facility residency, you can expect to pay around $700 above the Arizona median level. Private and semi-private SNF rooms cost $7,505 and $6,365 per month, respectively.

Nursing homes have a very diverse set of services that are tailored to help patients and their families every step of the way. Respite care is for patients that prefer or are able to be treated by family caregivers. Nursing homes admit these patients for a short period to take some of the stress off the caregivers. Adult day health care is a great way for working family caregivers to know their parent or relative has the opportunity to social interact with peers in a safe environment during the day.

The two most general forms of nursing care are long-term and short-term care. Patients with specific medical conditions may be admitted to expert care programs provided by certain institutions.

Short-term care delivers various forms of rehabilitation to those that have fallen victim to cardiac arrest, strokes, aneurisms, falls and other acute medical incidents. An estimated 75 percent of these patients were channeled from hospital care to a short-term nursing facility. As the initial component of medical treatment for many patients, hospital care can affect how fully a patient can recover. Flagstaff’s best health care, based on a survey of patients’ recent hospital experiences, is located at Flagstaff Medical Center. When patients are admitted to a short-term stay, nursing professionals work with their diagnosis to create a personalized plan of recuperation that helps restore their functioning to previous levels. Patients use services like occupational, physical, respiratory, auditory and speech therapy to reach a level of care appropriate for them to move to assisted living or in home residential care.

Long-term care patients need prolonged periods of medical treatment for serious, chronic, terminal and progressive disabilities. These patients suffer from conditions, like congestive heart failure, Alzheimer’s, cancer, emphysema, cancer, osteoarthritis and Huntington’s disease, which are often in a state of decline when first admitted. Nursing personnel have the priority of stabilizing and reversing long-term patients’ levels of health. Each member of a facility’s team of caregivers is responsible for specific duties that help each patient reach their health goals. Doctors and nurses perform medical procedures like blood testing, enteral tube feedings, injections, medication adjustment and catheter and ventilator management. Non-medical personnel are present to help patients with basic hygiene and daily living tasks. Social and recreational workers put together activities that give patients leisure time and social interaction.

Nursing care patients who are either senior citizens or disabled are eligible for Medicare. Medicare helps cover short periods of nursing care but is usually only sufficient to cover a small percentage of the cost of extended stays. To activate Medicare coverage, patients must have been hospitalized for at least three days prior to transferring to a nursing home. The program fully covers 20 days of nursing care. For the next 80 days of care, the patient must pay a daily copayment fee. After those 100 days, Medicare coverage stops. Seniors can find more information about the many provisions, requirements, rules and exceptions of Medicare at their state’s Medicare Financial Intermediary and State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Insurance agents or local senior classes are also helpful resources for understanding the complexities of Medicare.