Swing Bed Services

A bridge between hospital and home.

The Swing Bed Program is a Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) approved program that allows small hospitals to use regular patient rooms to provide skilled level care after surgery or hospitalization for other illnesses. This enables you or your loved one extended recovery time before returning home. This program benefits patients who require short-term post-acute care for recovery after an illness.

Conemaugh Health System's Swing Bed Program provides available skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for patients who require additional recovery time before returning home. The goal of the program is to assist patients in regaining their independence and assuring them they can return to their home or pre-hospital living arrangement safely.

Along with skilled nursing, swing bed provides specialties including:

• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Speech therapy
• Respiratory therapy
• IV therapy
• Telemetry monitoring
• Complex wound care
• Tracheostomy care
• Nutritional support
• Post stroke care
• Post cardiac surgery
• Post orthopedic surgery