Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Davis Life Care Center is one of just a few facilities in the area. This nursing home was given an overall grade of C, which is a respectable score. This nursing home seems to have a few things working in its favor. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong nursing rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Davis Life Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
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Nurse Quality
This facility's nursing grade is notably more impressive than its overall score. With a strong performance in this area, it earned one of our better scores in nursing with a B. Nursing scores are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Arkansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving residents even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category scores was in the area of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home's inspection grade appears to be one of its best features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Surprisingly, this facility had a category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst possible deficiencies. This usually tells you CMS uncovered a deficiency which places resident safety or health in imminent danger. Finally, they also received 10 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is certainly not a great sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is long-term care, ended up being this nursing home's worst area. We gave this facility a D in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 48.135593 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
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, 20.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Davis Life Care Center, 0.34% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Davis Life Care Center, 0.78% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Davis Life Care Center, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Davis Life Care Center, 5.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Davis Life Care Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Davis Life Care Center, 67.82% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Davis Life Care Center, 7.05% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Davis Life Care Center, 3.12% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Davis Life Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Davis Life Care Center, 3.12% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Davis Life Care Center, 16.9% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
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