Nursing Homes in Independence, MO
9 Nursing Homes found. Showing 1 - 9
 Maywood Terrace Living Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 10300 East Truman Rd, Independence, Missouri 64052 Ratings: Phone: (816) 836-1250 |
Truman Gardens Medicare and Medicaid Location: 17451 Medical Center Parkway, Independence, Missouri 64057 Ratings: Phone: (816) 373-7795 |
Monterey Park Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 4600 Little Blue Parkway, Independence, Missouri 64057 Ratings: Phone: (816) 795-7888 |
Independence Manor Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1600 South Kingshighway, Independence, Missouri 64055 Ratings: Phone: (816) 833-4777 |
Redwood Of Independence Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1800 S Swope Drive, Independence, Missouri 64057 Ratings: Phone: (816) 257-2566 |
Redwood Of Carmel Hills Medicare and Medicaid Location: 810 East Walnut, Independence, Missouri 64050 Ratings: Phone: (816) 461-9600 |
Rosewood Health And Rehab Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1415 West White Oak, Independence, Missouri 64050 Ratings: Phone: (816) 254-3500 |
Villages Of Jackson Creek, The Medicare and Medicaid Location: 3980 South Jackson Drive, Independence, Missouri 64057 Ratings: Phone: (816) 795-1433 |
Sunterra Springs Independence Medicare Location: 19200 E 37th Terrace S, Independence, Missouri 64057 Ratings: Phone: (816) 335-3008 |
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A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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