Nursing Home/Skilled Nursing Facilities are available to patients whose primary need is skilled care or short-term rehabilitative services ordered by a doctor. These settings provide 24-hour nursing care, medical monitoring and supervision with physicians and clinical team on staff.
Overview:
- 24/7 nursing care
- Short-term rehabilitative services
- Long-term custodial care
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
- IV therapy
- Antibiotic therapy
- Pain management
- Catheter care
- Hydration and tube feeding
- Wound care
- Comfort care and hospice care
- Respite care
Note: While skilled nursing facilities offer long-term care, the current focus is on short-term rehabilitative services.
Costs and Pricing:
- Shared room: $10,500+/month
- Medicare (must qualify)
- Medi-Cal (must qualify)
How services are paid for:
- Private pay
- Medicare—rehabilitative services (limited number of days)
- Medi-Cal—long-term custodial (minus share of cost)
- Long term care insurance (LTC) (may have elimination period)
Licensed by: Licensed and regulated by the CA Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).