The main distinction between nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities lies with the length of care in question, says Sue Johansen, a San Francisco-based executive vice president with A Place for Mom, a senior referral service. Care can be either short-term (temporary) or long-term (sometimes permanent). Let's start with the latter.

When the woman reached her third trimester, a midwife suggested chiropractic treatment – and referred her to Brocker. The cartilage that holds the pubic bones together, which forms a joint, had softened during pregnancy, resulting in a condition called pubic symphysis diastasis, or PSD. This allowed the joint to get stuck, which caused the woman pain during movement.