Salem Memorial District Hospital

This nursing home earned a strong overall grade as discussed above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent long-term care rating. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 88.23529 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our more positive grades in that area, with a score of B+. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. It does not appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the final category we looked at, we found that this nursing home earned a solid inspection report this year as well. As a result, it received a decent grade in inspections with a B. Inspection ratings are based on several data points found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.