Dallas Nursing Homes

Nursing home care is provided for seniors that are rehabilitating from a hospital stay or are receiving treatment for long-term physical or emotional illnesses. Dallas nursing homes, also called skilled nursing facilities, offer the two general types of care, short-term and long-term. A Dallas skilled nursing facility may specialize in either type of care, while some administer both. Short-term care aims to get senior patients the nursing care needed for them to recover from their conditions to help them resume their previous life. Some hospitals have nursing home annexes that offer short-term care. If they cannot fully recover after being discharged from nursing care, some seniors adopt assisted living care or in home residential elderly care. Long-term care patients suffer from medical issues that require a continuous level of care that may need complex medical procedures to be administered by nurses and physicians. Long-term care also serves bedridden patients that need staff to assist with custodial care, which include feeding, dressing, walking and washing.

The cost of nursing home care is one of the biggest considerations for future residents. Dallas nursing home costs are quite reasonable compared to the national average, but are slightly higher than the Texas median. Semi-private and private nursing home rooms have a monthly cost of $4,213 and $5,323, respectively. Accommodations for senior patients who have been discharged are also slightly higher than the state median. Homemaker services, home health aide and adult day health care cost $3,428, $3,592 and $975, respectively. Assisted living facility bedrooms have a monthly cost of $3,375 in the city.

While some long-term patients move to SNFs because of a degrading medical condition, most patients seek nursing care because of a previous hospitalization. Doctors will require senior patients be admitted to nursing homes until they recover enough to live independently. The top hospitals will start the quality care seniors need to rehabilitate or maintain their current state before they move on to a nursing home. The best Dallas area hospitals include the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Baylor University Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital. Doctor approval is necessary for those on Medicare insurance to get nursing home coverage. After a hospital stay of a minimum of three days, Medicare will cover the first 20 days of a nursing home stay. Days 21-100 in a benefit period will be covered under Medicare’s skilled nursing facility coverage except for coinsurance costs.

Choosing a nursing home is stressful for seniors and their families. Our site wants to help you understand all the confusing issues and guide you towards making a nursing care decision that is best for your needs.