Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center
109 Blossom Lane, Salem OH 44460 · (330) 337-3033 · 93.3% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center is an average-sized facility located in Salem, Ohio. This facility is a well below average facility. A grade in this range indicates we found some red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Salem. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a positive grade in short-term care. This nursing home received a B in this category, which turns out to be one of our more favorable grades. In forming our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strengths is the number of hours of physical therapy offered. We found it offers at least 50% more hours of physical therapy than most facilities. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Ohio in this area with 61.2 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the category of long-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category may not provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 68.09211 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.55 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed is nursing, in which this facility was given a rock bottom score in this area as well. It received a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. The nursing score analyzes many data points, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This place provided only 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. This place also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this area. This is likely a bad sign in light of the fact that many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better