Victoria Nursing Homes

Here at ASL.net, we try to help seniors and their loved ones better understand the many complicated aspects of nursing care. We want this information to aid their planning, preparation and search for a nursing home that matches with their specific financial, medical and emotional requirements.

Victoria nursing homes offer temporary to extended residency to seniors and patients who have permanent, terminal, chronic, acute and sub-acute medical problems. Also called skilled nursing facilities, area nursing homes deliver personalized forms of rehabilitation or long-term health management that focus on helping patients reach certain health objectives. These goals are realized with the assistance of a multidisciplinary team of nursing professionals. Victoria skilled nursing facilities employ nurses, nursing aids, physicians, therapists, specialists, social workers, non-medical personnel and many other types of caregivers to fulfill the comprehensive needs each patient.

Nursing care’s broadest categories are short-term and long-term care. All forms of treatment are encompassed in those two general forms. Some facilities are also equipped to admit patients to specialized care that focuses on treating medical conditions like dementia.

Short-term care is for patients who are rehabilitating from strokes, falls, heart attacks, surgeries, aneurisms and other acute medical incidents. An estimated 75 percent of short-term nursing patients were in hospital care prior to moving to a nursing home. While in the hospital, their doctor concluded that they needed further time to recovery from the effects of their medical crisis. Nursing professionals help walk patients through a personalized path of recuperation that often necessitates the use of occupational, physical, speech or respiratory therapy. Patients do not seek full recovery through a short-term stay. Instead, they typically pursue assisted living or in home care after reaching a certain level of health.

Hospital care can affect how a patient reacts to future medical treatment. Quality hospital care can shorten the time patients need to spend in a nursing facility. The Victoria area hospitals with the highest ratings based on patients’ hospital experiences are Detar Hospital Navarro and Citizens Medical Center.

Long-term care concentrates on delivering advanced forms of custodial, social and medical care to patients with serious and chronic impairments. Many newly admitted long-term patients have medical conditions, such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, multiple sclerosis and cardiovascular disease, which are in a declining state. It takes a collaborative and collective effort on part of all nursing facility caregivers to maintain or improve the health of all patients. Doctors and nurses must give continuous health monitoring and perform medical procedures like medication adjustments, injections, wound care, respiratory therapy, blood testing and tracheostomies. Non-medical personnel are responsible for assisting patients with activities of daily living they cannot independently complete. The social component of long-term care tries to stimulate social interaction among patients and staff by holding events, dinners, games, activities and outings.

Nursing care costs in Victoria are well under the national average but vary relative to the Texas median. Private SNF rooms cost $5,627 per month, about $500 per month above the state median. Semi-private SNF accommodations run a monthly cost of $3,969, which is very close to the Texas median level.

Many seniors and their families see the transition to long-term nursing care as a permanent option. However, nearly 70 percent of seniors over 65 will need to pursue long-term care in their lifetime. Patients without terminal illnesses have a good chance of returning home or to a lower level of care. Nursing homes are usually stigmatized due to the fact that they are associated with the worst characteristics of the industry. Certain facilities do have a background of administering neglectful, improper or abusive care. This should not discount the existence of many, many quality skilled nursing facilities that have committed, well-trained and compassionate caregivers.