Kindred Hospitals provides physician-led long-term acute care and specialized rehabilitation to medically complex patients.

Our care includes, but is not limited to, ventilator management and liberation, advanced wound care, and IV drug therapy, as well as physical therapy and speech and language pathology.

At Kindred, patients receive daily physician visits and surgical and specialist consults as needed, including general surgery, pulmonology, cardiology, and infectious disease.

We also provide access to services such as 24/7 respiratory therapy, radiology, laboratory and dialysis. 

Kindred Hospitals’ physicians and care teams treat patients with a wide variety of acute and complex conditions that are further complicated by the presence of one or more comorbidities. Conditions treated include:

• Respiratory infection and failure 
• Heart failure
• Renal infection and failure
• Sepsis
• Skin ulcers
• Post-operative complications
• Traumatic brain injury

Patients with multiple serious conditions need specialized acute care for more than a few days. An extended stay in the ICU is costly, and a transfer to a lower level of care that cannot treat acute conditions can further extend the episode of care and lead to costly readmissions. When medically complex patients have timely access to a Kindred Hospital, they are more likely to recover sooner and more fully.

Kindred Hospitals, unlike skilled nursing facilities, are licensed as acute care specialty hospitals. While care at skilled nursing facilities is primarily led by nurses, the treatment at Kindred Hospitals is led by physicians who see their patients daily. Our specialized caregivers are able to provide medically complex patients with acute care treatment which many include ventilator liberation, IV antibiotic therapy, skin debridement or dialysis. We also provide radiology, pharmacy, and laboratory services.  For more information on how LTACHs and SNFs differ, view this quick quide.