Walthall General Hospital Swing Bed Program

Walthall General Hospital Swing Bed Program provides continued care in the following areas:

• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• 24-hour Nursing Care

Services and Features

• Activities offered daily for residents.
• Private rooms with bathrooms, showers and flat screen televisions
• Therapy gym located on the second floor.
• Activity room available to all patients, 24-hours a day.
• Social worker available to assist with discharge planning needs, such as:
  • Home health, extended care facilities
  • Assisted living facilities
  • Durable medical equipment needs
  • Home or outpatient therapies
  • Pharmacists available to assist residents with questions regarding their medications.
  • Nutritionist consultation for each patient upon admission and as needed throughout their stay to assess any nutritional needs
  • Average length of stay can be from five to 20+ days.

Patient Qualifications

• Residents must have had three consecutive midnights of inpatient acute care within the last 30 days during a hospital stay and must require skilled nursing or skilled therapy.
• The resident's physician must certify that the resident requires these skilled services.

Medicare Coverage

Medicare covers the first 20 days at 100 percent, depending on the resident's participation in therapies.