Description

Skilled Nursing Facilities Issues and Bay Area List is Connie Dello Buono’s concise briefing on what families need to know before choosing a skilled nursing facility (SNF) — covering Medicare coverage limits, staffing shortages, and the medications most commonly prescribed in these settings.

Drawing on her caregiving background through Motherhealth’s senior care services, Connie breaks down both the systemic issues families run into and practical steps to advocate for better care.

What’s inside:

• Average stay length and Medicare Part A SNF coverage basics, including cost sharing by day and when Medicare stops paying
• Why facilities are short-staffed, and how widespread the manpower problem really is
• Main reasons for SNF admission and the high-risk complications that occur during a stay
• Preventive measures for infection, falls, and bed sores in skilled nursing facilities
• How to solve major issues in skilled nursing facilities: strengthening workforce and staffing, hardwiring quality and safety systems, and aligning payment with outcomes
• Medical equipment and technology: mobility and transfer equipment, positioning and pressure relief, monitoring and diagnostic tools, and infection control supplies
• Top medications prescribed in skilled nursing facilities, including psychotropic, CNS, and endocrine/neurologic agents, and the risks of polypharmacy
• A Bay Area skilled nursing facilities list for families researching local options

A practical, fast-read briefing for families researching or currently navigating skilled nursing facility care in the Bay Area. Pairs with Hospice Guide and Stories for families weighing end-of-life care options.

Publication date: January 14, 2026
Language: English
Print length: 21 pages