Swing Bed Program

Gain Strength and Independence to Return Home

The Swing Bed Program at Aspen Valley Hospital encompasses a skilled rehabilitative level of care that is similar to the care someone would receive in a nursing home on a skilled rehabilitation unit. Each patient’s case is treated individually and catered to their rehabilitative needs.

Swing Bed patients are those who no longer require 24-hour acute care, but who do require medically supervised nursing care or rehabilitative service on a continuous basis while they heal and strengthen before returning home.

Criteria for the Swing Bed Program

• Patients must be eligible for Medicare Part A or have skilled nursing benefits through private insurance (The Swing Bed Program is funded by Medicare Part A.)
• Patients must have a three-night consecutive inpatient hospital stay within the past 30 days
• Patients must exhibit a continued skilled care need related to that reason for hospitalization
  • Getting up
  • Getting dressed
  • Participating in organized activities