“Is a sub-acute rehab center like a nursing home?”
My aunt broke her hip and needed to have a hip replacement immediately after it happened. Now, she needs to go to rehab to treat it and the doctors gave my cousin a list of sub-acute rehab centers. Are these like nursing homes?
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Subacute rehabilitation is sometimes called geriatric rehab as it is often more appropriate for seniors- requires the person to rehab 1.5 hours a day vs acute rehab 3-5 hours/day. Most SAR is in a long term care facility(a nursing home). Certain beds are desginated as rehab beds. The payment is completely different for SAR- billing a patients Medicare A plan. Where LTC is out of pocket or paid for by Medicaid. Theresa M. Redling, DO, FACP Chief, Geriatric Health and Disease Management Medical Director Maida Geriatric Institute at Cooper Barnabas Medical Center Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Office 973-322-7636 Fax 973-322-7673
