What is Community Skilled Care and Rehab?
Swing Bed and Rehabilitative Care are terms used to describe a treatment program designed to assist patients when acute care hospitalization is no longer required, but the patient needs further care to reach a level of strength and wellness in order to safely return to their home or residential facility.
A hospital room can “swing” from acute care status to skilled care status. The actual bed/room does not change; the level of care that the patient in that room receives changes.
Community Skilled Care and Rehab at Community Hospital is a practical alternative to a prolonged acute hospitalization or short term nursing/ rehabilitation facility placement for post-acute extended care.
Who Requires Rehabilitative Care?
Patient examples include:
- Generalized weakness
- Rehabilitation following surgery
- Recovery following an accident
- Rehabilitation after a stroke or heart attack
- IV medication therapy
- Rehabilitation following an acute care inpatient hospital stay
Why Choose Community Skilled Care and Rehab?
Our caring and competent team provides personalized treatment, tailored to each patient’s needs, to assist in reaching an optimal level of strength and wellness in order for the patient to safely return to their home or residential facility. Our goal is to help each patient improve their level of functioning and become as independent as possible prior to discharge.
For more information please call:
Beth Nelson, RN, Swing Bed Coordinator
Phone: (334) 283-3857
Email: swingbed@chal.org
