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Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside's website

4515 Sunnyside Road Se,
Salem OR 97302

(503) 370-8284

65.34% estimated occupancy 1

Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside is in Salem, Oregon, a city with a total of 249,657 people. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a well below average nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Salem. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive short-term care grade. You can scroll down to find out about short-term care and other category scores

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable short-term care rating. We awarded it a B in this category, which was much better than its overall score. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of long-term care, this nursing home received a grade of just D in that area. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 97.37991 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning our last area of inspections, this facility received an F here. When a place has this poor of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This particular nursing home had several category G through L deficiencies, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies identified by the government inspectors had potential to pose actual harm to patients. Finally, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines of over $100,000. This usually indicates that a nursing home's poor track record spanned several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 8.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 2.24% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have experienced UTI's. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 12.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 5.65% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 92.57% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 13.82% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 22.07% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 22.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 13.94 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, 75.47% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Salem, OR

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of C

Looking for more options? Salem, Oregon has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Salem HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.01 miles away890 Oak Street, Se Salem Oregon 97301Voluntary non-profit - Other(503) 561-5200
  • Salem Health West ValleyCritical Access Hospitals 13.49 miles away525 Se Washington Street Dallas Oregon 97338Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 623-8301
  • Santiam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.58 miles away1401 N 10th Avenue Stayton Oregon 97383Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 769-2175
  • Legacy Silverton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.27 miles away342 Fairview Street Silverton Oregon 97381Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 873-1500
  • Samaritan Albany General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.39 miles away1046 6th Avenue Sw Albany Oregon 97321Voluntary non-profit - Church(541) 812-4000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Salem Dialysis1.2 miles away3550 Liberty Rd S Suite 100 Salem Oregon 97302CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (503) 371-8047
  • Fmc West Salem3.82 miles away1060 2nd St Nw Salem Oregon 97304Dialysis Stations: 13 (503) 763-3257
  • Total Renal Care Inc3.92 miles away421 Lancaster Dr Ne Salem Oregon 97301Dialysis Stations: 25 (503) 581-6236
  • Qualicenters - Salem Ltd4.04 miles away440 Lancaster Dr Ne Salem Oregon 97301CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (503) 364-1130
  • Ne Salem Dialysis4.33 miles away4792 Portland Rd Ne Salem Oregon 97305CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (503) 393-2142
  • Salem North Dialysis4.33 miles away1220 Liberty St Ne Salem Oregon 97301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (503) 315-2212
  • Qualicenters - Albany Ltd17.47 miles away605 Hickory St Nw Albany Oregon 97321Dialysis Stations: 14 (541) 928-1749
  • Woodburn Dialysis19.77 miles away1840 Newberg Hwy Ste 140 Woodburn Oregon 97071CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (503) 982-2005