Note the swelling of his face first thing in the morning (left) and its resolution after being upright all day (right). [edit on Wikidata] Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), is a group of symptoms caused by obstruction of the superior vena cava (a short, wide vessel carrying circulating blood into the heart).
A nursing home is a place for people who don't need to be in a hospital but can't be cared for at home. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day. Some nursing homes are set up like a hospital. The staff provides medical care, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy. There might be a nurses' station on each floor. Other nursing homes try to be more like home. They try to have a neighborhood feel.
Long-Term Care Nursing Home Patients. According to the National Nursing Home Survey, the average length of stay for patients currently in nursing homes is 892 days, or 2.44 years.The average length of stay for those patients who are able to be discharged is 272 days, or approximately nine months.hort-Term Care Nursing Home Patients. The average stay of patients in a nursing home for acute rehabilitation is 23 days; only 9 percent of nursing home patients fall into this category.