Post-Acute Care

With our home health services, someone will visit you for a set period of time to examine wounds, administer antibiotics through an IV, or check your vital signs and weight. We also recommend checking in with your current primary care provider a week after returning home.

In-home services are important in your recovery. Doing so can prevent you from being readmitted to the hospital, and keep you in the comfort of your own home. At Stormont Vail we have partnered with many home health agencies in the area some of which are considered our “preferred partners.” The case management team can explore options with you during your hospitalization.

At a skilled nursing facility, you will receive around-the-clock care from nurses who help with everything from taking care of personal hygiene to making sure you’re taking the right medication. You may also continue recovery by working with a physical, occupational, or speech therapist. Skilled nursing facilities work with patients to provide rehabilitation for serious or complex medical conditions, surgeries, or physical injuries.

Once you return home from a skilled nursing facility, make sure to schedule a follow-up appointment with your primary care provider. It is very important that you see your family physician or internal medicine provider for your everyday health needs, such as annual physicals or treatment for illnesses or common health conditions. It’s important to keep your entire body healthy so that it’s strong enough to continue post-hospital recovery.

At Stormont Vail, we have partnered with Skilled Nursing Facilities in the area, some of which are considered our “preferred partners.” The case management team can explore options with you during your hospitalization.

• Generally, at an inpatient rehabilitation facility, you’ll have daily visits with a physiatrist—a physician who specializes in medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. At a skilled nursing facility, you’ll see a geriatrician, internist, or family practitioner several times per week.
• At an inpatient rehabilitation facility, your daily physical therapy sessions might last longer than they do at a skilled nursing facility (one to two hours). You must be able to tolerate at least three hours of therapy a day.
• You’ll get longer stretches of nursing care at an IRF—about five hours a day, compared to about three hours per day at an SNF.
• Typically, your stay in an inpatient rehabilitation facility will be shorter (10 to 35 days) than it will be a skilled nursing facility (24 to 60 days). However, every patient is unique. Your treatment time might be longer or shorter at either type of facility, depending on the plan your care team develops for you.