Fayetteville Nursing Homes Information

The most common events put patients under short-term care are strokes, aneurisms and falls. Nursing professionals will map out a course of action to help patients recuperate as quickly as possible. Patients’ recovery may be assisted by physical, occupational, respiratory or speech therapy. Appropriate short-term care allows patients to return to their normal lives or, if further treatment is needed, to seek in home or assisted living options. Long-term care is for patients with serious or chronic medical problems. Some may be bedridden due to general physical decline or may have illnesses such as Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis or diabetes. Doctors and nurses provide around-the-clock treatment and perform complex medical procedures like medicine dosage, wound treatment and blood testing. Non-medical caregivers help long-term patients with custodial care, which includes dressing, eating, walking, washing and using the bathroom. Although some long-term patients go on to need end of life care, many are able to eventually move to less comprehensive care.

Long-term stays are often the result of a declining condition that has outgrown a lower level of care. Short-term stays are normally precipitated by an acute medical event requiring a hospital stay. If patients have not fully recovered during hospitalization, their doctor will approve a nursing care stay. Future short-term patients should attempt to get the best hospital care possible, under the circumstances, because a hospital stay is the initial period of their eventual recovery. In Fayetteville the best health care, based on patients’ hospital experiences, can be found at Physicians’ Specialty Hospital and Washington Regional Medical Center at North Hills.

The cost of nursing care in Fayetteville is more than 15 percent higher than the Arkansas median level. Semi-private and private SNF rooms have an expected cost of $4,867 and $5,870 per month, respectively. It is important for future patients to remember that Medicare only covers up to 100 days of nursing care during one benefit period.

Moving to nursing care is a stressful situation for seniors and their families. Many people are rightfully concerned about the level and quality of care they or their loved ones will get. Patients are at the mercy of SNF personnel and some nursing homes have the reputation for improper care. However, there are many quality nursing facilities that treat patients with compassion and with dedicated care. Our site wants to help aid patients’ research on nursing homes so they can ultimately find care that suits their individual financial, emotional and medical needs.