Salem Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Salem Care Center is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Salem, Missouri. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Missouri average of 2.29, and 32.4% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Salem Care Center
1203 N JacksonSalem, MO 65560
Dent 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 Salem Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Missouri average. With about 43 residents a day, that works out to roughly 94 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.25 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.90 | 3.02 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
32.4% of nursing staff at Salem Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 27, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.5). 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. Salem Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Salem Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Elm Investment Group LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 26, 2024
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Salem Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Salem Memorial District Hospital Salem · no staffing data submitted | 1.8 | 18 | — | — | — | 3 | $92,988 |
| Seville Care Center Salem · abuse citation · staffing data not validated | 1.8 | 90 | — | — | 59.3% | 1 | None |
| Hickory Manor Licking | 20.9 | 60 | 2.69 | 3.70 | 78.8% | 2 | None |
| Stonecrest Healthcare Viburnum | 22.6 | 60 | 1.77 | 2.57 | 50.0% | 2 | None |
| Aurora Health and Rehabilitation Rolla | 23.7 | 116 | 2.11 | 3.34 | 73.4% | 2 | $32,782 |
| Steelville Senior Living Steelville · many days without an RN | 24.0 | 72 | 2.55 | 3.31 | 68.4% | 1 | $87,749 |
| Rolla Presbyterian Manor Rolla | 24.1 | 30 | 2.47 | 4.49 | 53.3% | 5 | None |
| Phelps Health Rolla | 24.7 | 20 | 2.52 | 7.56 | 50.0% | 5 | None |
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.