SALEM REHAB CENTER

CCN 225644 · SALEM REHAB CENTER LLC · For profit - Corporation · ADVINIACARE chain · 123 certified beds · Essex · MA


SALEM REHAB CENTER is a 123-bed nursing home in SALEM, Massachusetts. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1994-08-02. It averages 67.8 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at SALEM REHAB CENTER?

CMS lists 83 health-inspection deficiencies for SALEM REHAB CENTER, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is K; the most recent health inspection was 2025-09-05.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2025-09-05F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2025-09-05F0554, F0657, F0806Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.D
2025-04-17F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2025-04-17F0658, F0677, F0689, F0693, F0695, F0740, F0849Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.D
2024-08-12F0580, F0600, F0686, F0692, F0726, F0835, F0837Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. / Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.K
2024-08-12F0697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.H
2024-08-12F0801, F0940, F0941, F0942, F0944, F0945, F0947, F0949Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. / Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. / Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. / Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.F
2024-08-12F0550, F0565, F0576, F0583, F0656, F0677, F0695, F0698, F0699, F0728, F0730, F0756, F0758, F0759, F0760, F0761, F0804, F0808, F0810, F0812, F0842, F0880, F0926Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. / Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. / Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. / Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Have policies on smoking.E
2024-08-12F0578, F0604, F0607, F0610, F0655, F0657, F0658, F0685, F0688, F0689, F0690, F0693, F0694, F0700, F0755, F0757, F0770, F0790, F0883Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / 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. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. / Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.D
2024-08-12F0559, F0582, F0623, F0625, F0641Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. / Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.B
2024-05-08F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2024-02-29F0557Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.D
2024-01-26F0580, F0842Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2023-09-21F0636Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.E
2023-09-21F0655, F0658, F0755Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D

Why was SALEM REHAB CENTER fined?

DateTypeAmount
2024-08-12Fine$238,905

How is SALEM REHAB CENTER staffed relative to the MA average?

MeasureThis facilityMA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day3.619623.86193
Total nursing staff turnover (%)49.438.2
Average number of residents per day67.898.5

Who owns SALEM REHAB CENTER, and what chain is it in?

SALEM REHAB CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name SALEM REHAB CENTER LLC and belongs to the ADVINIACARE chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTDAVID A. BERKOWITZ REVOCABLE TRUST, DECLARATION OF TRUST OF YOSEF MEYSTELsince 11/20/2018
MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYARSENAULT, DEBRA, TALAMONA, RAYMONDsince 11/20/2018
CORPORATE OFFICERLABELLA, CATERINA, SPECTOR, JENNIFERsince 11/20/2018
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLPOINTE GROUP CARE LLC, ARSENAULT, DEBRA, BERKOWITZ, BENJAMIN, LABELLA, CATERINA, LEGER, GARY, SPECTOR, JENNIFER, TUROFSKY, STEVEN, WALGER, MICHAELsince 11/20/2018
INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNFBERKOWITZ, DAVID, MEYSTEL, YOSEFsince 02/13/2026
ADP OF THE SNFCURIS SERVICES LLC, POINTE GROUP CARE LLC, ARSENAULT, DEBRA, BERKOWITZ, BENJAMIN, LABELLA, CATERINA, LEGER, GARY, SPECTOR, JENNIFER, TALAMONA, RAYMOND, TUROFSKY, STEVEN, WALGER, MICHAELsince 05/19/2025

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