Services
Long-Term and End-of-Life
Our facility focuses on differing populations of individuals. Many patients require several days or weeks of medical care and therapy before they can safely return home or to a lower level of care.
Long-Term Care
Our facility focuses on differing populations of individuals. Many patients require several days or weeks of medical care and therapy before they can safely return home (or to a lower level of care). Other individuals require long-term skilled nursing care (weeks, months, or even years) as they are unable to return home due to advanced age or illness.
Based on each individual’s needs, some patients receive rehabilitation (therapy) services to either restore or, where possible, improve to prior physical functioning. For the individual needing long-term care, the attending physician and facility staff will assist with the activities of daily living and mobility.
End-of-Life Care
As the aging process advances, nursing services may shift to end-of-life care. The staff assists in making these residents as comfortable as possible as the end of life nears. Unfortunately, one cannot predict exactly when end-of-life care will begin; it very much depends on each individual’s ever-declining health condition.
It is important for both you and your loved one to discuss with your physician and facility caregivers about the natural history of the aging process, which results in unpreventable declines and bodily complications.
This “natural history” refers to the expected progression of an illness or aging process based on vast medical studies. For some, these inevitable effects of aging will weaken an individual and may hasten the end of life.
It is important that we be totally candid with all of our patients and their families. Inevitable effects of aging are known as “sentinel events.” It is extremely important for patients and families to recognize that “sentinel events” cannot necessarily be avoided.
Your attending physician and the facility staff will help you understand the risks and benefits of care choices. We ask you to understand that in spite of compassionate care, attention, and treatment, chronic medical conditions may continue to progress. The inevitable effects of aging and the progression of chronic illnesses are the realities of life. Apple Valley Post-Acute Rehab provides quality long-term care with compassion and dedication as the aging process continues.
Public resources are available to assist during these very emotional and sensitive times. We recommend starting with literature from the most prestigious sources: the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Physicians (ACP).