Davis Life Care Center

Although we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable short-term care grade this year. We gave it a C in that category, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we found for this place. Short-term care scores are important for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Finally, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this nursing home an D. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Unfortunately, with a grade of D in the inspection category, this facility performed relatively poorly in that area. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. You should be especially cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with a category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. Finally, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed significant government fines of more than $50,000. This often suggests that CMS inspectors grew tired after multiple years of bad government inspections.

Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility didn't fare well in this category either. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated just 50.314465 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.