First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center
7723 Jasper Avenue, Jacksonville FL 32211 · (904) 725-8044 · 95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center is located in Jacksonville, Florida, which appears to have more than 20 nursing homes. Sporting an overall score of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective residents. We were pleased to learn that this matched the average grade of nursing homes in Jacksonville, which is one of the better cities in Florida to find a nursing home. This place is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with a favorable overall score, we gave this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other strengths is its top-shelf long-term care grade. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of A-. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.5812 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. While it had 2.63 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was close to the middle of the pack due to it having some more complex patients.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing grade is based on a number of factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. This place performed admirably in this datapoint. Avoiding major falls is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be prevented if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its residents.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. We awarded this facility a decent grade in that area, with a grade of B-. While this was not as dominant as many of its other scores, it is nevertheless not a bad grade. Short-term care ratings are crucial for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Remarkably, this facility provides its residents with at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 37.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to 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 residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of 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
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better