San Diego Nursing Homes

San Diego nursing homes offer residence for seniors that need constant nursing care due to mental or physical deficiencies. Nursing homes, also called skilled nursing facilities, have fully inclusive services for senior patients that are rehabilitating or cannot care for themselves due to severe impairment. San Diego skilled nursing facilities will be able to provide short-term care, long-term care, or both. Short-term care deals with helping patients with medical events they expect to recover from; fall related surgeries, heart attacks and strokes, and aneurisms. Short-term patients do not expect to be under nursing care for long. Long-term care patients have to deal with being in under nursing care for a prolonged period. They have serious and persistent health conditions that need 24/7 attention. These conditions include issues like dementia and Alzheimer’s, diabetes, terminal illnesses, brain damage and general physical decline. Certain facilities specialize in specific medical conditions. Nursing home medical professionals aid long-term patients with general custodial care like moving around the home, eating meals, and personal hygiene.

A large majority of today's senior nursing home residents end up there due to a preceding hospitalization. Other times, long-term care patients’ conditions may have degraded to make it impossible for assisted living care to provide proper treatment. For those previously hospitalized and need treatment to heal, doctors will require a SNF stay. Getting the best treatment from the best hospitals and doctors in San Diego is an important first component for seniors to recover or maintain their current levels of health. Under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, California hospitals average patients’ hospital experience ratings under the national average. The top hospitals in San Diego hospitals, in terms of patient satisfaction, include Scripps Green Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital.

San Diego nursing home costs for semi-private and private nursing home rooms are $6,464 and $8,081 per month, respectively. Both costs fall a few hundred dollars under the California state median level. Assisted living facility bedrooms run $3,075 per month, over $400 below the state median.

Adjusting to being or having a loved one in a nursing home can be challenging. Most people do not consider the need for nursing care until it is right in front of them. There are many complicating matters with care itself. The medical personnel must care for patients that may not be able to communicate. Family members may disagree over how their mother or father is being treated. Senior patients who believe they should still be living independently may prove hard to take care of and a multitude of other stresses.

Our site aims to help you research ahead of time to understand what you can expect from nursing care and to give you the information to make the best choice of care. We want all seniors and their families to find the best nursing home that offers a convenient location, a dedicated staff, comfortable facilities and excellent quality care.