Category: RMH Programs
RMH’s “Swing Bed” Program- Short-term Nursing Home Care without the Move
When most people think of checking out of the hospital, they think of going home or going into a nursing home. But what happens if a patient is too sick to go home but only needs short-term skilled nursing care? Going to a nursing home, even for a couple of weeks, can be very stressful. […]
Not Ready for a Knee Replacement? Try this…
Not everyone who needs a knee replacement is ready to get one. Sometimes patients need to lose weight. Sometimes they are too busy with life to take the time for surgery. Whatever the reason, when knee replacement surgery has to be delayed, patients need something to help with pain until surgery can be done. In […]
RMH Swing Bed Program
RMH’s “Swing Bed Program” is especially designed for patients who are well enough to leave the hospital but not well enough to go home. Swing bed patients are allowed to remain in the hospital after discharge from normal hospital care. They say in the same location but they are reclassified as “swing bed patients” instead […]