Parmer County
Community Hospital

Swing Bed / Skilled Nursing Care Services

Skilled Nursing CareSwing bed and Skilled Nursing Care are terms used for a program that assists our patients in returning to their home environment. The program is designed to help patients regain their independence and bring them back to a level of health so they can return to home safely.

Examples of admission criteria for the Swing Bed program include:

  • physical, occupational, and speech therapy
  • parenteral nutrition therapy
  • post operative care
  • post heart attack care
  • stroke aftercare
  • wound care
  • IV antibiotic therapy
  • generalized weakness

We have an expert consultant on staff to help you determine the right course of treatment for you or your loved one.

Announcements
Jim Swafford

Jim Swafford
"In my books, Dr. Jubay and the ER nurses are HEROES!"

Published May 2006 in the Friona Star:

Jim had a close call a couple of weeks ago.  We ...