Las Vegas Nursing Homes

Las Vegas nursing homes deliver advanced social and medical treatment to seniors and patients with life-limiting illnesses. In nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, a professional team of healthcare personnel is present to provide around-the-clock care. The personnel include physicians, nurses, nurse aids, non-medical personnel and therapists. Many Las Vegas skilled nursing facilities specialize in certain medical issues like dementia, heart disease or liver disease. The most general categories of nursing home service are short-term and long-term care. Many institutes will serve one type of care but some have the capabilities for both.

Long-term care patients need intensive medical treatment for severe disabilities like Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, impaired motor control and general physical decline. Nurses and doctors perform medical procedures to improve or maintain patients' health. Non-medical personnel, like social workers or full-time caregivers, offer a significant amount of companionship to senior patients. They not only try to engage seniors in activities and social nursing home events, but also try to maintain patients' independence and dignity. Short-term care is centered on rehabilitation. Nursing facilities have physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapists on hand to aid in recovering from strokes, aneurisms, falls and heart attacks. Short-term facilities attempt to help their patients move along to lower level of care. For some this may mean seeking assisted living or in home care, while others may be able to resume their previous lives.

Usually, long-term care stays are prompted by deteriorating medical conditions. Seniors and other patients outgrow their previous forms of care. Most short-term stays are the result of an acute medical event and subsequent hospitalization. During their hospital stay, doctors will assess whether the patient needs more time to recover. The doctor will require a nursing home stay as he or she sees fit. Finding the best hospital care, under the circumstances, is essential to the recovery process. Based on patients' hospital experiences, the top quality health centers in Las Vegas are Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center and Saint Rose Dominican Hospital - San Martin Campus.

Paying for nursing care is tough for many seniors, even with family help. Medicare insurance only covers 100 days of a stay and Medicaid is not accepted at all facilities. Medicare also does not cover custodial care if there is no other health need.

Las Vegas nursing care costs are higher than the national average but right around the Nevada median level. Private and semi-private SNF rooms cost $7,300 and $6,540 per month, respectively. Other senior care costs are either lower than or near the national average. Assisted living facility bedroom run $3,000 per month. Both homemaker services and home health aide cost $3,813 per month. Adult day health care has a monthly cost of $1,408 per month.

Our site wants to help seniors and their loved ones receive the best quality health care that intersects with their financial and emotional needs. Everyone in need of nursing care deserves a compassionate, dedicated and attentive facility. We want them to be as informed as possible so they can make an optimal decision on such an important issue in their lives.