Davis East

To go along with its strong overall grade, this facility earned a B+ for its nursing rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Our nursing score assesses several datapoints, however, the main consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

This nursing home is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. It does not look like this nursing home submitted information on its vaccination levels. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The last area we assessed is short-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this area. In determining these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 3.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.