South Davis Specialty Care
485 East 500 South, Bountiful UT 84010 · (801) 299-4800 · 50.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
South Davis Specialty Care is located in Bountiful, Utah. The city has a total of 44,821 people. This nursing home received a very impressive overall score of A+, resulting in it being ranked among the best nursing homes in Bountiful. This really is an impressive accomplishment since the city offers some very solid nursing homes. In addition, this is a hospital-based facility, which is a positive for prospective patients with significant health conditions. This nursing home was also given impressive scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This exemplary facility also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities fared better in this category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the impressive nursing care provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.87234 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was short-term care. Contributing to its impressive profile, this nursing home also excelled in this area. In fact, we awarded it a of A for that category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is frequently a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it offers more care from registered nurses than the typical nursing home. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in Utah in this area with 63.6 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents return home.
Nurse Quality
In our last category, this facility also was given a first-rate nursing grade, with an A. This completed a very strong report card. In calculating our nursing grades, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provides an incredible 7.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These are generally good measures of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
South Davis Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better