Jacksonville, Florida offers more nursing homes to choose from than many cities in Florida. These nursing homes were awarded on average an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable grade for the city. This is just about average by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. The best part of this place's profile was is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
This city's most impressive category grade came in the area of government inspections. In this area, we gave the city a grade of B+. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. The city also excelled in the area of government long-term care with a grade of B. In the other categories we looked at, Jacksonville received a B- for its nursing grade and a grade of B- for short-term care.