Spokane Nursing Homes

Spokane nursing homes deliver highly advanced medical treatment for seniors and patients with the need for rehabilitation or serious health management. Nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, are places of residence for patients requiring periodic to around-the-clock monitoring and care. Nursing facilities have a wide array of personnel, from physicians and nurses to social workers and therapists, to meet the individual needs of all patients.

Many Spokane skilled nursing facilities administer specialized care for conditions like heart and liver problems, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and memory loss. The most basic categories of nursing homes are those that deliver short-term care or long-term care. Short-term stays are for patients recovering from an acute medical crisis. The most common events that put patients in a short-term facility are aneurisms, strokes, and falls. Medical professionals will prescribe an individualized plan for recuperation in order to help move short-term patients to less inclusive care options or back to their normal lives. Short-term patients will have access to physical, speech, respiratory or occupational therapy depending on their needs. Long-term care concentrates on aiding those with serious medical problems. Physicians and nurses are on call to give long-term patients health monitoring and to perform medical procedures like adjusting medicine dosage, administering intravenous fluids or treating wounds. Non-medical personnel are usually responsible for helping long-term patients with activities of daily living, like washing, eating, walking around the home and dressing. Facilities will also have a number of specialists, such as dieticians, end-of-life professionals, and pain management specialists on hand. Social workers are present to give companionship and social interaction to the patients.

Long-term patients typically end up in SNF care due to a medical condition outgrowing previous levels of care. Short-term stays are the result of a medical crisis that puts the patient in the hospital. During their hospital stay, the patient’s physician will evaluate the need for further treatment in a nursing home. The best hospital care will be able to provide an excellent platform for eventual recovery and knowledgeable recommendations on reputable nursing facilities. In Spokane, the most quality hospitals, based on previous patients’ hospital experiences, are Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Deaconess Hospital.

Spokane has nursing care costs that fall more than 10 percent above the Washington median and around 30 percent above the national average. A semi-private and private SNF room in Spokane will bear a monthly cost of $8,273 and $8,961, respectively. Homemaker services, home health aide and adult day health care cost $4,004, $4,052 and $1,517 per month, respectively. Assisted living care rooms cost $3,800 per month.

Even though nearly 70 percent of seniors age 65 and above will need long-term care, many are critical of nursing homes. Seniors and their families often see them as places of despair, neglect and abuse. The decision to enter nursing care is difficult for all of those involved. Seniors are often frustrated with their loss of social freedom and family members may feel guilty about putting their aging parents or relatives in a home. Our site endeavors to help seniors and their loved ones find quality nursing care with attentive, compassionate, dedicated and well-trained caregivers.