Nursing homes will provide comprehensive healthcare services to their residents, however, should an urgent situation arise quality emergency care services are just a short ride away.
St. Joseph Medical Center, part of the Franciscan Health System, is located in the heart of Tacoma and provides 24-hour emergency care to residents of a Tacoma nursing home and the general population.
They operate a level II trauma center and their caring Emergency Department physicians are specially trained to respond to advanced illness and disease.
Should there be a medical emergency, some Tacoma nursing homes may choose to transfer residents to one of the hospitals in the Multicare healthcare network. Emergency facilities are available at Allenmore Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital and Tacoma General Hospital.
Multicare also employs physicians trained in the practice of geriatrics and caring for aging populations.