Lincoln Nursing Homes Information

Patients who need further care after being discharged from a short-term nursing stay usually look to assisted living care, in home care or senior apartments. During a short-term stay, patients will have access to physical, respiratory, speech or occupational therapy based on their personalized plan for recuperation. Long-term care focuses on health maintenance for patients with mental or physical disabilities, lack of motor control or general physical decline. Nursing homes take care of long-term patients’ specific medical needs, like insulin levels for diabetes patients, wound care, medicine dosage, colostomy bags and intravenous fluids. Non-medical caregivers are present to provide custodial care, which includes help with dressing, eating, walking and bathing. Social workers give a level of companionship to long-term patients by staying with them to talk, eat, and engage in activities.

Long-term care is usually needed for an existing condition that has outgrown lesser levels of treatment. Most short-term patients end up in a SNF to recover from a recent hospitalization. The patient’s doctor will evaluate if further treatment in a nursing home is necessary. The best physicians and hospital care will give future short-term patients access to the most informed recommendations and best treatment during the first stage of recovery. In Lincoln, the top hospitals, based on patients’ hospital experiences, are Bryanlgh Medical Center, Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center and Nebraska Heart Hospital.

Lincoln’s nursing care costs are slightly lower than the national average and right around Nebraska's median level. Lincoln’s nursing care costs are quite unusual in that their five year annual growth rate is slightly decreasing. For semi-private and private rooms you can expect to bear a monthly cost of $5,620 and $5,779, respectively. Other senior care costs are more expensive relative to the area's nursing care. Assisted living bedrooms cost $3,872 per month. Homemaker services and home health aide both cost $4,242 per month. Lastly, adult day health care costs $675 per month.

Transitioning to SNF care is hard for aging seniors and their families. The need for long-term care often blindsides some even though nearly 70 percent of all seniors age 65 and above will need long-term care in their life. Our site wants to equip seniors and their loved ones with all the information possible to make choosing a nursing home as easy as possible. We want to enhance your understanding of the complicated issues of nursing care so you can find a facility with compassionate, committed and attentive care that matches your financial, medical and emotional needs.