San Antonio Nursing Homes

San Antonio nursing homes provide 24/7 care for senior patients that have acute medical problems. Admitting yourself or a loved one into a nursing home is never an easy decision. Our site wants to help you understand all the confusing aspects of nursing care and provide all the San Antonio skilled nursing facility options you have to make the best choice.

There are two types of nursing care, short-term and long-term. Some facilities will focus on one, and some are certified for both. Both short-term and long-term senior patients may need rehabilitative care and physical, speech or occupational therapy. Short-term care focuses on medical conditions from which patients can recover, like strokes, heart attacks, broken bones and surgery. Once senior patients have sufficiently recovered they are discharged and either move back to independent living or seek less comprehensive care at an assisted living facility. Long-term care takes up the task of continuous care for seniors that may have mild to severe mental or physical disabilities. Nursing facility staff take care of daily living activities like walking, bathing and eating. Long-term care seeks to maintain the patient’s health through maximum comfort and attention. If senior patients’ health degrades in skilled nursing care they may need to be moved to hospice.

The majority of seniors that must enter nursing care do so after acute medical events that result in a hospitalization. After they are treated for a few days they are then fed to a SNF. It is a doctor’s prerogative to require that seniors be admitted to a nursing home. Since hospitalizations are predecessors to nursing home stays, it is imperative that seniors get the best care from the best doctors possible. Texas hospitals average the national average or a few percentiles higher in all categories of patients’ hospital experiences on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. The best hospitals in San Antonio for patients' hospital experiences include University Hospital, Baptist Medical Center and Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital.

Nursing care is much more expensive than less inclusive types of assisted care. In San Antonio nursing care costs are less than the national average. Semi-private and private nursing home rooms cost $4,160 and $5,323 per month, respectively. For short-term care patients that still have not recovered fully, assisted living facility costs in San Antonio are $3,394 per month.

The prospect of having to admit yourself or a loved one into a skilled nursing facility is extremely difficult for many. Nursing homes are often denigrated for their lack of independence and freedom, lack of facilities, and lack of proper medical care. Our site wants to help you navigate all rocky aspects of skilled nursing care so you can find an option that fits with your financial and quality needs.