Skilled Nursing

If your loved one requires a level of care beyond what you can provide, skilled nursing may be necessary.

Licensed skilled nursing facilities provide long-term medical, nursing, and rehabilitation care.

Examples of skilled nursing care include:

  • Giving intravenous injections
  • Tube feeding
  • Caring for patients on ventilators
  • Changing sterile dressings on a wound

 

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