Davis Health Care Center
1011 Porters Neck Road, Wilmington NC 28411 · (910) 686-7195 · 94.57% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Davis Health Care Center is located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The city has several options. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the better facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires very strong marks across the board. We were not surprised to discover that this is one of the top three nursing homes in Wilmington. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A+. Very few places fared this well in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was given an impressive grade of A- in our short-term care category. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Remarkably, this facility provides its residents with at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country in this area with 63.9 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. With 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this place surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we scored ended up being this nursing home's poorest category. However, even its weakest link would be a strength for most nursing homes. We awarded it an above average grade of B for long-term care. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. This facility's vaccination data lagged a bit behind some of the other data points in this category, such as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 84.88372 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.18 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Davis Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better