Davis East
6811 South Hazel Street, Pine Bluff AR 71603 · (870) 535-1155 · 45.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Davis East is a large non-profit nursing home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. This facility was given an extremely poor overall score based on the data we assessed. Unfortunately, the city grade for Pine Bluff is not too much better. Nevertheless, you still should be able to find a better option We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 126 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this facility extremely poorly overall, it received a more respectable long-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we could find for this place. Our long-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of care. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 91.74312 percent of its patients, which is somewhat lower than we were hoping for. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. This facility didn't excel here either, with 3.35 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of F. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with patients, in determining our score in this category. In this facility's case, quantity of care does not appear to be the problem. According to its staffing data, this place provided an average of 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which was above the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this nursing home had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both metrics.
Facility Inspections
Among this nursing home's alarming category grades was a lowly F for its inspection rating. More often than not, this means we found some red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had a category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst categories of deficiencies. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this facility received significant government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This often suggests that a facility's bad track record spanned several years.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this facility did not perform very well in this category either. With a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Given its score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 16.4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Davis East Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better