When to Consider a Nursing Home?

When to consider a nursing home

• Following an acute hospitalization.
• Long term nursing care provides medical support 24 hours a day.
• Nursing homes can also alleviate stress on family members who may need to provide home care.
• Nursing homes provide palliative (pain management) and hospice (end-of-life) care.

What to look for in choosing a nursing home?

• Visit the nursing home and request a tour.
• Specific information that will determine quality of care include ratio of nurses to patients.
• Be sure to ask for this ratio for all shifts including overnights.
• Patients should ask to meet the Director of Nursing, as well as the Nursing Home Administrator.

Affiliated Nursing Homes

• Solheim Lutheran Home
• Villa Gardens skilled nursing
• The Californian Skilled Nursing
• Pasadena Park Skilled Nursing