National Skilled Nursing Care Week

May 12 – 18, 2019, is National Skilled Nursing Care Week. The theme for the week this year is “Live soulfully.” The American Health Care Association created the observance as a chance for long-term care communities to emphasize the importance of skilled nursing within senior care centers.

Here are some other top priorities of many senior care communities today:

Providing quality care

The top goal of senior living communities is to give seniors the best possible care. This comes in the form of offering amenities such as:

• Skilled 24-hour nursing for pain management, cardiac care, wound care, enteral nutrition, trach and pulmonary care and hospice services.
• Short-term stays and rehabilitation are available for individuals who are recovering from an illness or injury and no longer need to stay at the hospital, but are not quite ready to return home yet. This is a wonderful option for people who will need physical rehabilitation and medical attention for a few weeks while they recover. They can undergo physical rehab to build strength and increase mobility. Occupational and speech therapies are also available. Nurses offer advanced wound care, and other medical assistance, and families can have peace of mind knowing their loved ones are in capable hands during vulnerable times.
• Alzheimer’s and dementia care are available for individuals with declining cognitive functions. Memory care communities offer important amenities to handle disease progression while maintaining the dignity of the residents. Communities create individual care plans that address each senior’s specific needs with their memory, safety and overall well-being in mind.
• Long-term care is an excellent way for seniors to maintain some independence in a safe environment, when they are no longer able to live alone. Here, residents can live for years in home-like apartments and rooms where they have access to medical assistance as necessary.