Walla Walla Nursing Homes Information

Patients are treated through a concerted effort on part of a facility’s team of caregivers, which includes social workers, therapists, non-medical personnel, food and dining service workers, doctors, nurses and nursing assistants.

Residency at a Walla Walla skilled nursing facility bears a monthly cost that falls quite far above the national average but near the Washington median level. Semi-private SNF rooms cost $7,300 per month, in line with the state median. Private SNF rooms cost $8,272 per month, about $200 per month above the Washington median.

Apart from the two main forms of nursing care, short-term and long-term care, some area facilities also offer services for family caregiving arrangements. Adult day health care allows family caregivers to place their patients in a safe environment while they are at work. Adult daycare not only provides high quality medical treatment but also consists of robust social services that focus on enrichment and interaction with peers. Respite care is a popular resource for family caregivers and their patients. This form of care gives patients the opportunity to spend a temporary period in nursing care, so caretakers can take some time off from the strenuous demands of family caregiving.

Short-term care facilities deliver rehabilitative and therapeutic services to patients who needed to be hospitalized for strokes, aneurisms, cardiac arrest, falls, operations and other acute needs. A doctor must authorize a nursing stay for a patient to be able to transfer to a SNF. Quality hospital care is vital to providing patients with a proper foundation for their future recovery efforts. Based on patients’ hospital experiences, the best health care in Walla Walla is given by Providence St. Mary Medical Center and Walla Walla General Hospital. Short-term nursing care tries to efficiently and effectively guide patients to a level of health appropriate for a move to less comprehensive care. For many patients, this means undergoing auditory, physical, respiratory, speech or occupational therapy. Patients released from short-term care frequently pursue in home or assisted living care.

Long-term care offers intensive levels of treatment for patients with severe, chronic, permanent, terminal or progressive impairments like cancer, Huntington’s disease, emphysema, dementia, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and arthritis. Nursing personnel examine, observe and manage patients’ conditions through a diverse and responsive set of care programs. Although many patients see improvement in their health under long-term care, some residents will need to go on to end of life care. Under long-term care, doctors and nurses offer 24 hour a day supervision and execute check-ups, CPR, wound care, medication adjustment, injections, enteral feeding tubes, ostomy care and dialysis. Non-medical staff have the task of helping patients complete activities of daily living like grooming, dressing, bathing, feeding and walking. Leisure, relaxation, spiritual guidance and psychological counseling some of the many components a nursing facility provides to keep patients’ social welfare at a high level.