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Rehabilitation Services

Swing Bed Program (Rehabilitation Services)

What is a Swing Bed Program?

The Swing Bed Program provides temporary care in a hospital setting for a variety of patients who need care after hospitalization for an acute problem. If your condition has stabilized, but you are not ready to go home yet, you may be eligible for the Swing Bed Program at Margaretville Hospital. 

Whether you need five days or five weeks of recovery time, Margaretville Hospital has a dedicated, experienced and compassionate staff ready to help you get back home. 

Advantages of the Swing Bed Program:

• Weekly meetings involving patient, family, physician and staff discussing progress and updates.
• Receive the best care in a hospital setting by utilizing the hospital staff, services and beds.
• Comprehensive physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy services, staffed with licensed professionals working  in a newly remodeled department. 

Our Swing Bed Program at Margaretville Hospital also features:

• Individualized activities
• A wide variety of respiratory services
• Effective pain control
• Detailed discharge planning 

Examples of situations suitable for the Swing Bed Program:  

Those needing:
• IV Therapy
• Wound Care
• Post-orthopedic Surgery Care
• Pain Management
• Reconditioning
• Artificial Feeding

Discharge Planner

Margaretville Hospital’s Swing Bed Program can be especially valuable to you because our pgrgram can be especially valuable to you because our program can help you control your patietn’s length of stay, as well as provide:

  • A simple admission process
  • Rapid discharges
  • Flexible admissions

To learn more, please call Margaretville Hospital at (845) 586-2631.