Glendale Nursing Homes

Glendale nursing homes provide a place of residence and comfort for those seeking rehabilitation services or extended health management. Nursing homes, also known as skilled nursing facilities, have a wide range of capabilities that deliver moderate to intensive skilled care. Their professional team of doctors, nurses, nursing aids, therapists, specialists, non-medical caregivers and social workers administer periodic to around-the-clock care to meet the personal needs of their patients.

Glendale skilled nursing facilities often specialize in caring for a specific medical condition, like memory loss or neurological disorders. SNFs are broken down into either short-term care or long-term care facilities, with some having the capability for both types of care. Short-term care helps patients recover from acute medical events. Strokes, heart attacks, aneurisms and falls are the most common causes of short-term stays. Nursing personnel will help their patients follow a plan of recovery so they can get back on their feet as soon as possible. Homes will have physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapy equipment on the premises. Discharged short-term patients have often sufficiently healed to resume their normal lives. Those with further treatment needs seek assisted living or in home care. Long-term care patients have moderate to severe mental or physical disabilities, like Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, terminal illnesses or general physical decline. Medical caregivers are there to perform medical procedures and ensure that patients' levels of health are closely monitored. Non-medical staff are there to aid with custodial care, which includes dressing, washing, walking and eating. Social and recreational professionals provide companionship for patients and try to keep them as independent as they can.

Most long-term care stays are needed due to a decline in an existing health problem. The majority of short-term stays are the result of an acute medical crisis and consequent hospitalization. During their hospital stay, the patient's physician will require a nursing stay if he or she deems it necessary. A doctor's approval is needed for Medicare coverage to activate. High quality hospital care can help patients with the first leg of recovery. In Glendale, the best hospitals, based on patients' hospital experiences, are Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center and Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles.

Nursing care costs in Glendale fall around $500 per month lower than the California state median but quite a bit higher than the national average. Semi-private and private SNF rooms cost $5,931 and $7,300 per month. Another point about Medicare coverage to remember is that it will only pay for 100 days of nursing care in a benefit period. The first 20 days are fully covered, while the last 80 days are subject to daily copayment fees.

Our site aims at helping seniors and their families navigate the complex issues of skilled nursing care. We want to help them find a facility with committed, compassionate and well-trained caregivers at the right cost and location.