Rehabilitation
Inpatient "Swing bed"
Rehabilitation
Colusa Medical Center is a rural General Acute Care Hospital that can accept certain short-term patients who require skilled nursing or rehabilitation services.
A “Swing Bed” is a service that CMS (MediCare) allows in small acute care hospitals to rehabilitate patients who would otherwise go to a “Nursing home.” Our swing bed care is provided in our general acute care unit, which enables us to provide more comprehensive care to our patients.
Swing bed services allow patients to receive skilled nursing care, and rehabilitation therapy after acute hospital care is no longer required. Still, the patient needs short term services that cannot be reasonably provided at home.
Typical swing bed rehabilitation is 4-6 weeks but can be up to 3 months, depending on individual needs.
Benefits of utilizing Colusa Medical Center “Swing Bed” over a traditional skilled nursing facility include:
- No long term patients, all patients are rehabilitating. Patients are surrounded by others with the same goal, maximum rehabilitation to be successful at home
- On-site Hospitalist physicians that round daily and see swing bed patients at least twice a week or more as needed
- On-site laboratory and radiology services
- On-site Respiratory Therapists
- Acute care staffing, one licensed nurse to <5 patients (nursing homes staff with much fewer licensed nurses)
- Registered Dietician on-site for complex diet education & tube feedings
- On-site pharmacy, IV Antibiotics and other treatments available 24/7
- Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy / Speech-Language Therapy all on-site
- No long term patients, all patients are rehabilitating
- Small environment with personalized care. Less than 35 patients on the unit
To send a referral or for questions about transitional rehabilitation
CALL US: 800-358-8601
For further questions regarding our swing bed services at Colusa & Glenn Medical Centres, please call (530) 619-0800
