YOUR STEP BETWEEN HOSPITAL & HOME
What is a swing bed?
A swing bed is a concept developed by the Health Care Financing Administration in the 1970s to help with underutilized hospital beds to help address a lack of nursing home skilled care beds in rural areas. Swing beds allow patients who need additional short-term rehabilitation care beyond their acute hospital stay to remain in the hospital under a different care category until they are well enough to return home. Patients “swing” from acute hospital care to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care without leaving the hospital. If a patient has been hospitalized in a facility away from home and needs additional skilled care, a swing bed program allows the person to transfer to their community-based hospital to complete their recovery. Wyandot Memorial Hospital is proud to offer this service in our community.
If your hospital stay was at a different facility, you can still be a part of the Wyandot Memorial Hospital Swing Bed Program to be closer to family and friends.
“I chose to take advantage of the Swing Bed Program. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful my OT and PT therapists were. Had I gone home immediately following surgery, I would not have progressed as I did with the intensive therapy at the hospital. This program is a valuable service to the community and patients.” -Pat
If you have questions about the Wyandot Memorial Hospital Swing Bed Program, please contact
Nicole Courtad, LPN Utilization Review Nurse
419-294-4991 ext. 2140
courn0016@wyandotmemorial.org
