Spaulding North Shore
Spaulding North Shore (formerly known as Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital) has been providing care for residents of greater North Shore and Merrimack Valley communities since 1975. We have a 120-bed long-term acute care (LTAC) facility and a 40-bed transitional care unit (TCU), sometimes referred to as a skilled nursing facility (SNF). Our programs and services meet the highest quality standards.
At Spaulding North Shore, we provide a wide range of inpatient medical and rehabilitation services at the acute, subacute and skilled nursing levels of care. The building will be able to serve the geriatric rehabilitation and pediatric rehabilitation needs of the area.
After being known as Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehab Hospital since opening in 1975, named after founding physician Dr. J. Robert Shaughnessy and renamed to honor the contributions of Dr. Israel Kaplan, this hospital was renamed in 2010.
The facility was built in 1975 to fill a need in the community for a rehab hospital. Patients at the time were using the Chronic Disease Hospital at Salem Willows. This building was ancient (built in 1816 and designed by Charles Bullfinch) and in need of repair. The State Dept. of Public Health had condemned the building for use as a hospital in 1969. They let it stay open until the new one could be built.
The new facility cost $5 million and built with federal assistance amounting to $1.1 million. Salem residence cannot have priority here because of the federal money.
See Also
- Vertical File in the Salem Collection - Shaughnessy Hospital
- "Salem's long term care hospital - result of six years of planning" Salem Evening News, June 23, 1975, p. 1
- "Long term care hospital named" Salem Evening News, June 25, 1975, p. 1
- "Long care hospital keyed to quality" Salem Evening News, June 27, 1975, p. 8
