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Carver Living Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Carver Living Center's website

303 East Carver Street,
Durham NC 27704

(919) 471-3558

84.48% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Carver Living Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Carver Living Center is a very-large nursing home located in Durham, North Carolina. Our grading scheme was not kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall grade of F. Keep in mind that Durham received a city grade of C, so should consider other options in the city as well. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Another unfortunate development was the F this facility was given in the category of short-term care. Short-term care grades are critical for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its patients returning home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to the next category, this facility really did not perform very well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 32.656025 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit below the national average. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Carver Living Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Carver Living Center, 12.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Carver Living Center, 2.61% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Carver Living Center, 3.67% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients which have had a UTI. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Carver Living Center, 18.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Carver Living Center, 16.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Carver Living Center, 0.46% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Carver Living Center, 57.82% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Carver Living Center, 42.06% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Carver Living Center, 40.88% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Carver Living Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Carver Living Center, 40.88% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Carver Living Center, 6.88% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Carver Living Center, 70.72% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Durham, NC

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Durham, North Carolina has 10 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Duke Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.4 miles away3643 N Roxboro Street Durham North Carolina 27704Government - Local(919) 470-4000
  • Central Regional HospitalPsychiatric 9.8 miles away300 Veazy Rd Butner North Carolina 27509Voluntary non-profit - Church(919) 764-2000
  • University of North Carolina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.22 miles away101 Manning Drive Chapel Hill North Carolina 27514Government - State(919) 966-4141
  • Rex HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.69 miles away4420 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh North Carolina 27607Government - State(919) 784-3100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Freedom Lake Dialysis Center0.39 miles away4016 Freedom Lake Drive Durham North Carolina 27704CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (919) 471-1718
  • Davita Durham Regional Dialysis0.43 miles away3901 N. Roxboro Street Ste. 108 Durham North Carolina 27704Dialysis Stations: 10 (919) 471-2523
  • West Pettigrew Dialysis Center3.29 miles away1507 W Pettigrew Street Durham North Carolina 27705Dialysis Stations: 24 (919) 286-4777
  • Davita Downtown Durham Dialysis3.45 miles away1100 N. Miami Blvd Ste. 500a Durham North Carolina 27703Dialysis Stations: 10 (919) 530-1571
  • Durham Dialysis3.62 miles away201 Hood Street Durham North Carolina 27701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (919) 680-0002
  • Durham West Dialysis4.18 miles away4307 Western Park Place Suite 8 Durham North Carolina 27705CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (919) 384-0712
  • Davita Bull City Dialysis4.29 miles away1306 Morreene Road Durham North Carolina 27705Dialysis Stations: 15 (919) 381-4865
  • Fmc Dialysis Services of Briggs Avenue5.21 miles away1209 South Briggs Avenue Durham North Carolina 27703CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (919) 598-9992