What is a Short-Term Rehab center, and why you should know the difference

 

Right now in America, there are roughly 16,100 nursing homes serving approximately 1.5 million patients.  There are only a handful of short-term rehab centers though.  Nursing Homes, while necessary and vital to our healthcare system operate using a different model of care geared predominately toward a population with more critical care needs often requiring those patients to become "residents" of the facility and live their indefinitely, or for "long-term care."

 

For nursing homes, a large majority of the therapy clientele often experience more extended lengths of stay for their therapy than what would be experienced in most short-term rehab centers, and often times will convert to more long-term care.  While there is a true need for these types of facilities, it often leaves a large gap in the healthcare system for individuals who do not meet nursing home criteria.

 

The Bridge Care Suites is unique in both its model of care and its operating model.  As a hospitality-based healthcare faciltiy, our model of care centers around providing a care-delivery experience focused on service excellence, and our operating model focuses solely on providing intense therapy services geared toward returning all guests back to their highest level of functionality prior to returning home.

 

This model provides current and potential guests with the peace of mind of knowing that The Bridge Care Suites has no interest in attempting to convert guests from short-term guests into long-term residents, as all guests are home-bound and The Bridge Care Suites is dedicated to meeting that goal.

 

While nursing homes do provide therapy services, their speciality is in providing long-term care for a different type of patient acuity.  Nursing homes specialize in long-term care, end-of-life, critical nursing home care services and hospice care. 

 

Short-Term Rehab Centers like The Bridge Care Suites only focus on one thing - Short-Term Therapy and Clinical Nursing Services designed to get you home - better and faster.

 

When it comes to choosing where you receive your therapy services, trust the center that specializes in the kind of therapy services you need most - The Bridge Care Suites.

 

Call today for information on how to schedule a pre-operative reservation, transfer from the hospital after an unexpected hospitalization, or to tour of facility - 217-787-0000.