Carver Living Center failed to ensure residents are free from significant medication errors, causing injury, and failed to provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
The most recent federal inspection found Carver Living Center failed to ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and failed to give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. Inspectors also found inadequate staffing to ensure residents’ rights to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and support, and meeting all the resident’s needs in a timely manner.
Federal inspectors found Carver Living Center provided only 10 minutes of Registered Nurse (RN) time per resident per day on weekdays, far below the national average of 41 minutes. On weekends, Carver Living Center provided 8 minutes of RN time per resident per day, again, far below the national average of 21 minutes.
Federal inspectors rated Carver Living Center below average in health inspections. CMS inspectors gave eleven (11) health citations during the most recent inspection on 8/12/2021, far above the national average.
In 2022, CMS gave Carver Living Center only 1 star out of five, the lowest score a skilled nursing facility can receive. CMS bases this rating on a nursing home’s performance on 3 sources: health inspections, staffing, and quality measures.
Carver Living Center has paid three (3) federal fines in 2021 and 2022 years, totaling $22,580. CNS received 29 complaints in the last three years that resulted in citations.
Carver Living Center is a large for-profit short- and long-term care facility of 232 beds accepting Medicare and Medicaid.
Carver Living Center is located at 303 E. Carver St., Durham, North Carolina 27704-2135.
