Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Davis Life Care Center is one of just a few facilities in the area. We gave this nursing home an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. Unfortunately, the city grade for Pine Bluff is not too much better. Nevertheless, you still should be able to do better More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
Davis Life Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a poor overall score, we also awarded this facility poor grades across the board in the various categories. In fact, it only received just a D for its inspections rating, which is its top category. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home had one category J or K deficiency, which are among the worst deficiencies. Finally, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines of more than $50,000. This usually means that CMS inspectors grew tired after several years of failed health inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only earned a grade of D for its short-term care rating, which is actually one of its better category scores. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With its score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this nursing home a rock-bottom F in the category of long-term care. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated only 29.834253 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal grade. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This place performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Davis Life Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Davis Life Care Center, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Davis Life Care Center, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Davis Life Care Center, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Davis Life Care Center, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Davis Life Care Center, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Davis Life Care Center, 2.07% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Davis Life Care Center, 95.87% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Davis Life Care Center, 11.98% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Davis Life Care Center, 12.63% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Davis Life Care Center, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Davis Life Care Center, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Davis Life Care Center, 12.62 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Davis Life Care Center, 77.48% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Jefferson Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.35 miles away1600 West 40th Avenue Pine Bluff Arkansas 71603Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 541-7100
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care - Pine Bluff3.22 miles away2800 W 28th St Pine Bluff Arkansas 71603CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (870) 534-7400
- Fmcna - Pine Bluff5 miles away2910 Market St Pine Bluff Arkansas 71601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (870) 536-8050