Salem West Healthcare Center
2511 Bentley Drive, Salem OH 44460 · (330) 337-9503 · 79.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Salem West Healthcare Center is a nursing home located in Salem, Ohio, a city with a total of 26,732 people. This isn't a bad facility with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Salem. You could definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this facility's profile was is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This particular nursing home received 3 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.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's long-term care rating appears to be one of its more favorable features. The nursing home was awarded a B- in this area. Our long-term care grades are essential for prospective residents in need of personal care. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated only 80.15267 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This place did not excel here either, with 3.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this number can be skewed for some facilities based on the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. Short-term care grades are vital for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the country in this area with 52 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
This facility's worst category was nursing, which is the last area we assessed. Sadly, it received an F in this area. Despite multiple acceptable grades in other areas, this score is nevertheless of a concern so we would like to to draw your attention to it. In determining our nursing grades, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Salem West Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents that sustained UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
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.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better