What Is Subacute Care?
This type of rehabilitation occurs at a skilled nursing facility, with the goal of an individual returning home or to a lower level of care as their condition improves. Specialized and licensed nurses monitor patients. The healing process involves a variety of therapies.
How Does Subacute Care Differ From Acute Care?
Acute care often takes place in hospitals or intensive rehabilitative settings and includes critical care, trauma care, surgery and emergency medicine. Acute care often requires intensive therapy that takes place five or more days each week.
By comparison, subacute care provides a less-intensive approach, a bridge between acute care and returning home or to a more normal routine. Therapies are less frequent, with shorter sessions, focusing on the activities and skills necessary to improve mobility and strength.
An important part of subacute care involves helping patients heal after their hospital stay. As part of this process, Diamondback Healthcare Center offers these tips for making post-acute rehab successful.
Is Subacute Care Necessary?
For surgeries planned in advance, your doctor will notify you if subacute rehab is part of the recovery process. After unplanned medical situations or emergencies, the discharge team and hospital physician may recommend subacute care in a medically supervised setting.
Treatment times vary, depending on the patient’s overall health and the extent of medical conditions or injuries. Patients have greater flexibility in scheduling subacute care, and can end procedures earlier than expected when their condition improves.
A Wide Range of Services
Diamondback Healthcare Center offers many types of rehabilitation services to promote the healing process. Our all-private-room facility allows patients to recuperate under the supervision of specialty-care teams that include licensed nurses, therapists and other professionals who collaborate with physicians.
Rehabilitative healing should address the needs of the whole person. For this reason, our facility provides a comfortable environment and chef-prepared meals that allow the body to improve in a place that offers peace of mind.
Therapies Offered
In a subacute rehab setting, patients have access to licensed therapists to improve strength, functioning and overall well-being. Common therapies offered by professional staff include:
- Physical Therapy: Improves balance, mobility, motion, range, and strength.
- Occupational Therapy: Allows individuals to manage and improve skills in feeding, grooming, bathing and more complex areas.
- Recreational Therapy: Aids people in rebuilding their skill sets, expanding social connections, and improving their quality of life.
- Speech Therapy: Helps people drink, eat and speak with clarity, focusing on cognition and communication.
Contact Us
A subacute facility helps you recover quickly and safely as we work with you to set meaningful goals. Contact Diamondback Healthcare Center to learn about how our high-level post-acute care exceeds standards.