Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center is a senior living facility located in Salem, Kentucky, which has a total of 1,852 people. Sporting an overall score of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category scores was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's third best category was long-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat poorly. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 68.852455 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home really did not perform well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is this facility's worst area. When computing our nursing ratings, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is an alarmingly low total. This place also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this datapoint.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.43% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who had a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 32.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 44.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 38.29% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 82.41% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 26% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.44% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 81.64% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, IncCritical Access Hospitals 0.86 miles away131 Hospital Drive Salem Kentucky 42078Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 988-2299
- Crittenden Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.18 miles away520 West Gum Street Marion Kentucky 42064Government - Local(270) 965-1001
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Kuttawa Dialysis16.03 miles away95 Lakeshore Dr Kuttawa Kentucky 42055Dialysis Stations: 10 (270) 388-0078