Durham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
411 S Lasalle Street, Durham NC 27705 · (919) 383-5521 · 74.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Durham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Durham, North Carolina which has a population of 256,789 people. This facility received an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor grade. Durham received a city grade of B-, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 126 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't grade this nursing home favorably overall, we actually gave it an excellent score in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Our inspection scores are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's second highest score was long-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this area, it still fared somewhat poorly. Facilities that don't fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 37.500004 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly lower than average. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. Although it had 2.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric wasn't bad since it had more complex patients. This was its best feature in this category
Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. There are a host of criteria included in this category. Most of these subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This facility averaged only 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign in light of the fact that so many bed sores could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this facility's nursing grade significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the last area, this nursing home really didn't fare very well here either. With a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. In crafting our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 28.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Durham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates 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 care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better