Syracuse Nursing Homes

Our site aims to give seniors and their families as much information as possible about the many complicated issues surrounding nursing care so they can find a facility with attentive, dedicated, compassionate and well-trained caregivers at the right cost and location.

Syracuse nursing homes are prepared to give the most advanced medical care one can find outside a hospital to patients with acute, sub-acute, terminal, chronic and temporary health conditions. Nursing homes, also known as skilled nursing facilities, deliver periodic to continuous care to meet the individual needs of each patient. Many area nursing homes offer specialized care for specific conditions, such as spinal injuries or cancer. The two most general types of care are short-term and long-term care.

Each patient is treated through the collective effort of an interdisciplinary team of nursing professionals. Nurses, nursing aids, physicians, therapists, non-medical caregivers and social workers work together to provide periodic to 24-hour monitoring, management, observation and evaluation.

Patients with rehabilitative needs are typically admitted to short-term care after a hospital visit. During their hospitalization a doctor will assess if their condition warrants a nursing stay. Strokes, aneurisms and falls are the most common medical events that land patients under short-term care. The objective of short-term care is to help them recover to a point where they can pursue less comprehensive care. Through a prescribed plan of physical, occupational, speech, auditory, respiratory or specialized types of therapy, patients rebuild some of their lost strength and function. Short-term nursing care acts as the second stage of recuperation, sitting between hospital care and in home, assisted living or senior apartment care.

Getting the best hospital care is vital to a short-term patient’s recovery. Well-informed physicians are also a great resource for recommendations and referrals to reputable area nursing facilities. Based on patients’ hospital experiences, Syracuse’s best hospitals are St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and Crouse Hospital.

Long-term care is based around advanced care for patients with serious mental and physical conditions. Nurses and doctors provide long-term patients with attentive care through check-ups and the performance of medical procedures like blood work, tracheostomies, colostomies or medication adjustments. Non-medical caregivers administer custodial care to patients that cannot fully complete certain tasks like dressing, eating, washing and walking. Long-term facilities are also concerned with keeping up their patient’s spirits through social interaction and companionship provided by social workers.

Syracuse skilled nursing facilities have nursing care costs that fall around $500 under the New York state median. Semi-private SNF rooms cost $9,475 per month. Private SNF rooms cost $9,673 per month. Other senior care costs are relatively closer to the national average. Homemaker services, home health aide and adult day health care have monthly costs of $3,905, $4,229 and $1,387, respectively. Assisted living facility rooms cost $3,100 per month.

There are many things seniors and their loved ones can do to find top notch nursing care. Visiting area homes that match your medical needs will help you get a personal feel for each facility. Also, your local long-term care ombudsman can provide lots of information on area institutions.