Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
1504 Seabreeze Ave,
Jacksonville Beach FL 32250
70.24% estimated occupancy 1
Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach is a large nursing home located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. This facility appears to be among the higher-rated nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category ratings. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few places performed this well in this area. Our inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
To complement its first-rate performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was above average in this area with 55.7 percent of its residents returning home.
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This nursing home also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Very few nursing homes performed better in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.603355 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.83 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had some more complex patients.
Turning to our final category, this facility received an extremely favorable nursing score. We gave it a grade of B+ in that area, completing one of our more favorable profiles. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, including dementia.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 2.43% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 95.03% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 13.16% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a patient's medical condition.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
In Avante Villa at Jacksonville Beach, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
