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North Carolina Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing/Rehab
Facilities (SNF's)
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Skilled nursing facilities are often
referred to as SNF's, nursing homes, or rehab facilities. We will call
them nursing homes here.
Most of your N.C. nursing
homes will offer rehab which include
physical therapy, occupational
therapy, and
speech language pathology.
If a resident is coming from the hospital and has had a three day hospital
stay, on the fourth day they are able to go to a nursing home to get their rehab
benefits. They have to be either skilled by participating in therapy or
skilled by special nursing services such as oxygen, feeding tubes, wounds,
specialty beds, or a special nursing need by the Medicare rules.
Medicare part A will pay for this
benefit if the above criteria is met.
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If the resident has not had a three day hospital stay and doesn't have a
different primary insurance company, then they may be able to get therapy under
Medicare part B, however, the resident or family would be required to pay for
the room fees and medicines. Home health rehab can follow them at home
instead of being admitted to the nursing home if the room rate cannot be met.
If the resident wants to be admitted to a nursing home, they may apply for
Medicaid to help pay the room and board. Each state has its own
requirements for
Medicaid.
The resident can be married and still qualify under certain circumstances.
For questions about the facilities policies, it is encouraged to pick a
facility from our listings and give them a call. Ask to speak to their
admissions director.
What is a skilled nursing facility/nursing home?
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)/nursing homes are for residents that need
more care. There are nurses on staff 24 hours a day to assist in giving
medications, observation, wound care, and specialty care.
Nursing homes offer different levels of care: Rest home care,
intermediate care, and skilled care.
Rest home care is for the resident that is rather independent but needs a
little assistance in activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing or
dressing. Rest home facilities are available and are cheaper than nursing
homes, however, a lot of the rest homes do not take
Medicaid or perhaps the resident has a loved one in the facility with them
that requires a different level of care. Intermediate care (ICF) is a level in
which the resident needs a little more assistance than a rest home patient but
is still able to do a lot of things on their own and doesn't need a nurse
directly taking care of them 24 hours a day. A nurse is on site to
administer medications. Skilled care (SNF) is when a patient is more acute and
needs the assistance of a nurse. They are usually patients that require
wound care, oxygen, feeding tubes, has a trach, needs IVs, and the more
acute types of care. A lot of nursing homes will accept Medicaid but you need
to make sure of this first. Some of your private facilities will admit a
resident under Medicare benefits from the hospital and give them rehab, but when
that runs out, if they need Medicaid, they need to find somewhere else to go
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