Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center is a nursing home in Salem, Ohio. The city has a population of 26,732 people. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Salem, which admittedly is admittedly a bit below average nationally. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A- for its inspection grade. This is far better than its overall score. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in this area, with a B. This proved to be the nursing home's second highest score. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 68.35017 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its next most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed is nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 90.12% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 12 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Blossom Nursing and Rehab Center, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Salem, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Salem, Ohio has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Salem Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.7 miles away1995 East State Street Salem Ohio 44460Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 332-1551
- Mh St Elizabeth Boardman HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.71 miles away8401 Market Street Youngstown Ohio 44512Voluntary non-profit - Church(330) 729-2929
- Alliance Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.8 miles away200 East State Street Alliance Ohio 44601Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 596-7018
- Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.14 miles away1044 Belmont Avenue Youngstown Ohio 44501Voluntary non-profit - Church(330) 480-3962
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Salem South1.77 miles away2345 East Pershing Street Salem Ohio 44460CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (330) 332-2958
- Arc/Cdc, Ltd.12.16 miles away3695 Stutz Drive Canfield Ohio 44406Dialysis Stations: 20 (330) 702-3040
- Fmc - North Lima12.25 miles away9174 Market Street North Lima Ohio 44452Dialysis Stations: 9 (330) 729-9061
- Davita - Alliance Community Dialysis12.76 miles away270 E State Street, Suite 110 Alliance Ohio 44601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (330) 821-1657
- Cdc Home Care (Youngstown), Ltd.13.5 miles away807 Southwestern Run Youngstown Ohio 44514Dialysis Stations: 2 (330) 758-0995
- Fmc - Boardman Dialysis13.72 miles away257 Boardman-Canfield Rd. Youngstown Ohio 44512CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (330) 629-8856
- Fresenius Kidney Care Cornersburg14.68 miles away3265 Canfield Rd, Unit C Youngstown Ohio 44511Dialysis Stations: 16 (330) 792-6341
- Boardman Dialysis Center, LLC15.41 miles away7153 Tiffany Blvd. Youngstown Ohio 44514CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (330) 729-1355