Bridgeway Senior Living FAQs

You will receive as much therapy as you can tolerate in order to help you recover as fast as you can. You should be truthful about the amount of pain that you are feeling so your therapist is able to gauge how much therapy you should be doing. It is important to remember that rest…

Upon your arrival, you will be greeted by someone from the therapy team. Depending on how you are feeling and what time you are admitted, you will have your evaluation that day or the next. Once your evaluation is complete, your therapist will be able to tell you your plan for therapy. You will meet…

Bridgeway provides skilled rehabilitation and skilled nursing 24 hours a day. This includes a nurse to evaluate and treat post-operative wounds, nurse to dispense medications, including intravenous medications, a physical therapist to increase strength and stability issues, an occupational therapist to help you become independent with daily activities, and a speech therapist to assist with…

If Medicare is your primary payer, you are given up to 100 days, so long as your medical condition meets the Medicare-defined guidelines. You must keep showing improvement for Medicare to continue to cover within that 100-day benefit period. If you have health insurance, they will cover as long as you are showing improvement and…

Your physician may refer you to another facility but you have the final say in the care that you receive. Let your social worker or discharge planner at the hospital know which facility you want to go to.

At the hospital, your physician will decide how much therapy you will need after leaving the hospital. Therapists that come to your home may not be able to give you as much rehabilitation as you need. Shorter hospital stays mean that you may still need more therapy before going home with home health.

Many people come to us straight from the hospital. However, if you go home and need help, you have a 30 day window where you can admit to a skilled nursing facility. Call the admissions department for assistance with contacting your insurance company for you.

Skilled rehab, also known as post-hospital or post-acute care, is designed as a bridge from your hospital stay to re-engaging with your everyday life again. A short stint at a skilled rehab facility gives you time to heal in a restorative setting. The main purpose is to provide you with essential “next step” care through a…

Since hospital stays are shorter than they have in the past, many people discharge to a skilled nursing facility to continue their rehabilitation. Here at Bridgeway, we do have long term residents but they are on separate units due to their differing needs. Our rehabilitation units are your bridge to home!

At Bridgeway, we understand how important your comfort is in relation to your fast recovery. All of our rooms on our rehabilitation units are private. You can feel at ease that your stay here will be comfortable and private.