Marion Nursing Homes Information

Registered nurses and doctors, certified nursing assistants, administrators, therapists, non-medical personnel, social workers, food service and housekeeping staff and counselors all have their own role in delivering comprehensive skilled care.

Monthly residency at a Marion skilled nursing facility will run patients about $800 per month below the Indiana median level. Semi-private and private SNF rooms cost $5,232 and $6,007 per month, respectively.

Marion area nursing homes not only provide amenities for the two main types of nursing care, short-term and long-term care, but also have services that cater to home care and family caregiving arrangements. Adult day health care gives family caregivers a safe outlet when they do not feel comfortable with leaving their patients at home during the workday. Respite care offers residence to patients for short period of time. This break in family caregiving allows both the caretaker and the patient to spend some much needed time away from their normal relationship. This leads to more effective and less stressful care after the temporary break. Certain nursing homes also deliver care for specific medical conditions. These facilities often have a separate wing that house expert care units.

Short-term care admits patients who have fallen victim to strokes, falls, aneurisms, cardiac arrest and other acute medical incidents. Patients are funneled from hospital care to nursing care as instructed by their doctor. The length of nursing care a patient needs can often depend on the level of hospital care he or she receives. Quality hospital care can shorten patients’ recovery periods. The best health care services in the Marion area, based on patients’ hospital experiences, are given by Marion General Hospital. After arriving at a short-term facility, doctors evaluate patients to determine the optimal course of recovery. Patients are guided through respiratory, auditory, speech, physical or occupational therapy to return their functioning to pre-incident levels. Short-term facilities are usually the midway point for a patient’s recuperation process. The final stage is usually provided by an assisted living facility or in home residential care.

Long-term care consists of extensive forms of treatment to aid patients who have serious, terminal, progressive or chronic medical conditions like congestive heart failure, dementia, diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, emphysema and Parkinson’s. Patients often have declining symptoms that require stabilization and responsive care thereafter to see an improvement in health. Nursing professionals do all they can to monitor patients around-the-clock. Nurses and physicians are available 24 hours a day. They check patients’ vital signs and execute medical procedures like CPR, medication adjustment, wound care, enteral feeding tubes, injections, ostomy care and ventilator management. Non-medical personnel have the task of assisting patients with everyday comfort, basic hygiene and activities of daily living. Patients’ social welfare and mental health are promoted through events, games, outings, counseling services, leisure activities and self-care opportunities that aim to supply a high quality of life to the whole facility.

With the annual cost of nursing care ranging from about $73,000 to $81,000, prolonged nursing stays can ravage a family’s savings. Around half of all nursing residents do not receive supplemental government assistance. For these patients, the prospect of losing their house or their entire life savings is a distinct possibility if they need care for a long period. When this situation occurs, Medicaid covers their nursing care costs when their level of income or assets qualifies them for the program. Planning and preparation ahead of time can prevent some of the worst case scenarios from occurring. Families should also be aware of the government benefits they deserve before committing to nursing care.