Governor Bacon Health Center is a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
A Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,
also known as a Nursing Home, is a facility that provides 24-hour nursing care,
rehabilitative services and assistance with daily tasks to individuals who are unable
to safely reside at home or in any other living alternative. Nursing and Rehabilitation
Centers provide medically supervised care to the elderly, disabled and chronically ill.
Some individuals require only a short stay for rehabilitation and strengthening after
hospitalization, before returning home. Other residents require long-term medical,
social and personal care along with supportive services that cannot be adequately
provided in any other setting. A great number of Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers
offer short-term respite care for caregivers needing temporary relief from their
caregiving responsibilities.
Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, also referred to as Skilled Nursing Facilities,
Nursing Facilities, Health Care Centers, Convalescent Centers, Extended Care Centers
or Long Term Care Facilities, can be freestanding or part of a continuum of care that
typically includes Independent Living and Assisted Living.
Many facilities specialize in certain types of care. For example, a Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center may offer complex medical and rehabilitation services called
sub acute care. Others may have a separate dementia care "neighborhood" for individuals
with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Medicare, Medicaid, private payment and long term care insurance are all methods of
payment for nursing and rehabilitative care provided to seniors, although Medicare
currently covers only short-term care.
