Salem Memorial District Hospital
Meets baseline Medicare standards with room for improvement. A tour and talking to current residents' families is the best next step.
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What this means for your family
Salem Memorial District Hospital falls in the middle range of Medicare quality ratings. This means baseline standards are met, but there is room for improvement. A personal tour and conversation with current residents' families will give you the best picture of daily life here.
Staffing
Staffing Hours
per resident/day · Medicare 2026This facility meets the national staffing benchmarks. Higher staffing is linked to fewer falls and better day-to-day care.
Quality Measures
Quality Measures
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 13 measures
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Residents needing more daily help over time
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents whose walking got worse
Residents who got a urinary tract infection
Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
US average from Medicare published data
Inspection History
Medicare Inspection History
3-year lookback · Medicare 2026
Salem Memorial District Hospital has 15 deficiencies across four surveys, all corrected by the facility. The most frequent issues involve medication management, dietary services, and care quality standards. A recurring concern is ensuring professional nursing standards, appearing in both 2024 and 2025 surveys, suggesting this area may need ongoing attention despite corrections.
Oct 16, 2025Routine3
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Sep 27, 2024Routine5
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Aug 22, 2023Routine4
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Administration Deficiencies
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Federal Penalties
Fine
Feb 20, 2024
$4,893
Fine
Feb 12, 2024
$4,893
Fine
Jan 22, 2024
$14,679
Fine
Jan 8, 2024
$4,893
Fine
Jan 2, 2024
$4,545
Fine
Dec 11, 2023
$13,635
Fine
Nov 20, 2023
$4,545
Fine
Nov 13, 2023
$4,545
Fine
Oct 23, 2023
$13,635
Fine
Sep 25, 2023
$13,635
Fine
Sep 5, 2023
$4,545
Fine
Aug 28, 2023
$4,545
Fine
Aug 7, 2023
$13,635
Ownership & Operations
Who Operates This Facility
Salem Memorial District Hospital
nonprofit
Ownership & Management
Owners
Undisclosed
Ownership Data Not Available · Organization
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