Yuma Nursing Homes Information

Physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, specialists and non-medical personnel each have their own role to meet the needs of every nursing patient.

The two basic forms of nursing care are long-term and short-term care. A number of Yuma skilled nursing facilities, offer specialized care for health conditions like spinal injuries or cardiovascular disease.

Short-term care is necessary for patients that need further medical treatment after being hospitalized for an acute medical event. The most common medical traumas that result in a short-term stay are aneurisms, falls, strokes and heart attacks. This form of outpatient care aims to help patients rehabilitate their strength and function to a point where they are able to use less comprehensive care. Nursing personnel assess patients’ symptoms and determine an effective plan of recovery. As prescribed, patients have access to speech, occupational, physical and auditory therapy. Discharge planners help patients with the transition to assisted living or in home residential care.

Effective hospital care can affect a future short-term patient’s recuperation. Therefore, it is essential that patients receive the most quality hospital care possible, under the circumstances. Yuma’s best health care services, based on patients’ previous hospital experiences, are delivered by Yuma Regional Medical Center.

Long-term care is centered on maintaining or restoring the health of patients with serious or chronic medical issues. These patients suffer from many different illnesses, like dementia, cancer, kidney disease, hypothyroidism and multiple sclerosis. Such illnesses demand a coordinated approach and extensive and responsive medical and social treatment. Nurses and doctors administer routine health checks and execute complicated procedures like blood testing, injections, wound care, tracheostomies and medicine adjustments. Non-medical caregivers aid patients with basic hygiene, washing, eating, traveling, dressing and other activities of daily living. Social workers maximize all patients’ independence through companionship and the coordination of games, events, outings and activities.

Nursing care costs in Yuma fall an average of $400 per month below the Arizona median. Private and semi-private SNF accommodations run monthly costs of $6,357 and $5,353, respectively. Home health aide and homemaker services both cost $5,243 per month. Adult day health care and assisted living facility bedrooms have expected monthly costs of $1,408 and $3,300, respectively.

Moving to a SNF is a big step for many seniors and their families. It often represents a loss of social independence and a change of their way of life. Nursing homes also have a bad rap because many people believe nursing care does not allow patients to ever leave the facility again and may even give them additional health problems. This belief goes against the whole objective of short-term care. For long-term care, patients with terminal illnesses do go on to seek hospice care. However, many long-term patients have treatable and containable symptoms. Long-term care is able to help many of these patients realize drastic improvements in their health, enough so, that they can move back to lower levels of care.