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Salem West Healthcare Center

2511 Bentley Drive, Salem, OH 444603303379503Ownership: For profit - CorporationCertified beds: 80Avg. daily residents: 58Chain: Communicare Health (110 facilities)County: Columbiana
Special Focus Facility candidate — CMS has identified this facility as one of the most poorly performing in the state and it is eligible for the Special Focus program, which brings inspections twice as often as normal.
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The complete public record on Salem West Healthcare Center, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Salem, Ohio, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Ohio average: 3.2 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Salem West Healthcare Center holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Nursing staff turnover of 56% is well above the Ohio average of 49%; high turnover is one of the strongest predictors of inconsistent care. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

2.88 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.69)
0.76 RN hours per resident per day
above the state average (0.64)
2.57 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
56.1% total nursing staff turnover
above the state average (48.7)
40.0% RN turnover
1 administrator left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

April 29, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
37 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (10.6)
6 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$0 in federal fines across 0 penalties (last 3 years)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

51 citations on record across recent inspections, 2 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
April 30, 20260759Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 12, 20250921Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. ComplaintF · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 12, 20250607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. ComplaintE · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 12, 20250600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 12, 20250609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 12, 20250610Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 25, 20250697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. ComplaintG · Actual harm
August 25, 20250842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted… ComplaintE · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 25, 20250578Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental… ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 25, 20250684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.