Davis Health Care Center is a facility located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The city has 186,140 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. Wilmington has a double digit count of nursing homes, but we doubt you will need to look at too many others. This one looks like a first class option. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Davis Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility performed well in our short-term care category. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Short-term care scores are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in inspections. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which earned multiple category grades this high. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. 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.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in computing our score in this category. This particular nursing home provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care, in which this facility received a B-. While this proved to be its lowest category rating, this is still not the end of the world. Our long-term care grades are based on a nursing home's volume of care. This includes a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 83.263596 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Davis Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Davis Health Care Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Davis Health Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Davis Health Care Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Davis Health Care Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Davis Health Care Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Davis Health Care Center, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Davis Health Care Center, 87.89% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Davis Health Care Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Davis Health Care Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Davis Health Care Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Davis Health Care Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Davis Health Care Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Davis Health Care Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Wilmington, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Wilmington, North Carolina has 10 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- New Hanover Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.57 miles away2131 S 17th St Box 9000 Wilmington North Carolina 28402Government - Local(910) 343-7000
- Pender Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.52 miles away507 E Fremont St Burgaw North Carolina 28425Government - Local(910) 300-4004
Nearby Dialysis
- Cape Fear Dialysis5.79 miles away3005 Enterprise Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28405CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (910) 796-8684
- Se Dialysis Wilmington Davita Facility10.86 miles away2215 Yaupon Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (910) 343-0664
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC11.15 miles away3147 S 17th Street Wilmington North Carolina 28412Dialysis Stations: 12 (910) 395-4856
- Surf City Dialysis14.58 miles away22807 Us Highway 17 N Hampstead North Carolina 28443Dialysis Stations: 10 (910) 329-0706
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC15.66 miles away1220 Magnolia Village Way Leland North Carolina 28451Dialysis Stations: 10 (910) 371-0391
- Southeastern Dialysis Burgaw19.01 miles away704 South Dickerson Street Burgaw North Carolina 28425Dialysis Stations: 18 (910) 259-9925