First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in Jacksonville, Florida. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Jacksonville. Despite Jacksonville offering 14 nursing homes available, this nursing home should be a respectable selection. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
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First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in this category with a grade of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second best category is long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. Our long-term care grades are critical for prospective residents seeking personal care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.34984 percent of its patients, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care, proved to be this nursing home's worst area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. This really was one of just a couple of dings of a quality profile. Our short-term care grade is often employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. It looks like this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who have had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.78% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.53% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 95.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.69% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.03% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.03 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.64 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 77.72% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Jacksonville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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