Nursing Homes in Norristown, PA
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 Towne Manor West Medicare and Medicaid Location: 205 East Johnson Highway, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 Ratings: Phone: (610) 275-6410 |
Towne Manor East Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2004 Old Arch Road, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 Ratings: Phone: (610) 277-0380 |
Markley Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 550 East Fornance Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 Ratings: Phone: (610) 272-5600 |
Suburban Woods Health & Reha Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2751 Dekalb Pike, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 Ratings: Phone: (610) 278-2700 |
Norriton Square Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1700 Pine Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 Ratings: Phone: (610) 239-7100 |
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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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