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Discovery Rehabilitation and Living

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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600 Shanafelt Street,
Salmon ID 83467

(208) 756-8391

63.77% estimated occupancy ¹

Discovery Rehabilitation and Living is a small nursing home located in Salmon, Idaho. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. We rated this facility as one of the top 50 nursing homes in Idaho. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Awards

Best Nursing Home in Idaho Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Idaho Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its strong overall performance, we awarded this place an A- for the area of inspections. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also was given a superb long-term care grade. We awarded them an elite grade of A- in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.08738 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Switching gears to our next area, this facility received a highly favorable short-term care rating. This nursing home did not prove to have any identifiable weaknesses. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Discovery Rehabilitation and Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 4.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 1.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which have had UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 11.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 5.26% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 98.54% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 16.67% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 27.41% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 27.41% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 16.72% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, 83.31% of Resident

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