Discovery Rehabilitation and Living: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Discovery Rehabilitation and Living is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in Salmon, Idaho, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% above the Idaho average of 2.44, and 46.7% nursing staff turnover (Idaho average 50.3%).
Discovery Rehabilitation and Living
600 Shanafelt StreetSalmon, ID 83467
Lemhi County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Discovery Rehabilitation and Living, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 13% above the Idaho average. With about 30 residents a day, that works out to roughly 83 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Idaho avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.44 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.10 | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.30 | 4.04 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.65 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
46.7% of nursing staff at Discovery Rehabilitation and Living left over the year CMS measured, against a Idaho average of 50.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 3, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Idaho average 10.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Discovery Rehabilitation and Living holds 3 of 5 overall; the Idaho average is 3.1.
About Discovery Rehabilitation and Living
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Sawtooth Healthcare Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 4, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Discovery Rehabilitation and Living
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pioneer Care and Rehabilitation Dillon | 61.9 | 87 | 2.58 | 3.69 | 85.3% | 2 | $138,054 |
| Community Nursing Home of Anaconda Anaconda | 79.7 | 62 | 3.32 | 5.25 | — | 3 | None |
| Southwest Montana Veterans Home Butte | 85.0 | 60 | 2.14 | 4.34 | 53.9% | 5 | None |
| Crest Nursing Home Butte | 87.8 | 103 | 2.10 | 3.33 | 53.2% | 5 | None |
| Continental Care and Rehabilitation Butte | 88.0 | 100 | 2.63 | 4.03 | 60.2% | 3 | None |
| Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center Butte | 88.0 | 186 | 1.98 | 3.33 | 45.8% | 4 | $9,311 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.