Monument Health South Salt Lake

Monument Health South Salt Lake is a for-profit nursing home with 140 certified beds and usually about 117 residents, sitting in the Salt Lake City area, and while the place does have skilled nurses on duty all day and night, including RNs, LPNs, and CNAs adding up to about 3.22 nurse hours per resident per day, folks need to know there have been specific deficiencies found by inspectors-things like pressure ulcer care, proper abuse reporting, creating and updating resident care plans, safety procedures, the way medicines are labeled, infection control, and making sure residents' rights are protected, and there have been 69 deficiencies in total along with 6 directly about infections, showing there are areas that need regular attention and improvement. Since opening in 1997 and offering services under Medicare and Medicaid, the home remains a large, stand-alone skilled nursing facility and doesn't sit inside a hospital, and while it's got a peaceful landscaped patio, walking paths, and a quiet courtyard, along with both private and semi-private rooms that come with TVs, telephones, patterned armchairs, mini-fridges, and big windows with curtains, plus some rooms have private showers and furnished décor, there are also gathering places with comfortable chairs, TVs, a residents' lounge, and a dining room with chandeliers. Helping residents recover from surgeries, strokes, or accidents, the facility offers physical, speech, and occupational therapy, short-term rehab, wound care, pain management, and IV therapy, plus consulting visits from podiatry, optometry, ophthalmology, and dermatology specialists, and the attached rehab gym includes things like a NuStep recumbent cross-trainer, stairs with handrails, and a practice kitchenette. Monument Health South Salt Lake provides meals, a pharmacy inside the building, laundry and housekeeping, religious services, transportation, and a beauty salon, while the staff-who do have a nurse turnover rate of nearly 55%-work to involve residents in their own care planning, aiming for better outcomes and a sense of comfort, and though there is a resident council, there isn't a family council for loved ones. Some management changes have happened in recent years, with the most recent operators being Health Group Management LLC and Monument Health Group LLC from February 2025, and Gunnison Valley Hospital ran the place before then. The building has safety measures like sprinkler systems, and while staff get ongoing training, inspectors keep finding areas for improvement, so anyone looking at this place should carefully consider both the amenities and the recent inspection history. Monument Health South Salt Lake runs 24 hours a day, every day, offering long-term and short-term care, memory care, adult day care, home health, and support for daily living activities, and though the mission talks about respect, dignity, empathy, and keeping up with best practices, it's always important to look at both the care provided and the reports from regulators when making a decision.