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Diversicare of Dover

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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537 Spring Street, PO Box 399,
Dover TN 37058

(931) 232-6902

52.72% estimated occupancy 1

Diversicare of Dover is an average-sized nursing home located in Dover, Tennessee. This is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. You can certainly do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this facility did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility received strong scores in the category of long-term care as well. Indeed, we awarded it one of our highest grades in that category with a area of A. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 92.391304 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing rating is based on many components, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was given an acceptable short-term care grade. Although this isn't as impressive as a few of its other category grades, this is truly not a poor grade. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Diversicare of Dover Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Diversicare of Dover, 4.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Diversicare of Dover, 2.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Diversicare of Dover, 0.61% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Diversicare of Dover, 10.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Diversicare of Dover, 26.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Diversicare of Dover, 5.17% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Diversicare of Dover, 90.37% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Diversicare of Dover, 22.44% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Diversicare of Dover, 22.63% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Diversicare of Dover, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Diversicare of Dover, 22.63% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Diversicare of Dover, 14.76% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Diversicare of Dover, 75.4% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Houston County Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.02 miles away5001 East Main Street Erin Tennessee 37061Government - Local(931) 289-4211