First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in Jacksonville, Florida. We gave this nursing home a B- overall, which is a solid grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Jacksonville, which is a B. Even with Jacksonville having 31 other nursing homes available, this nursing home ought to be a quality choice. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's higher category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 91.55844 percent of its patients, which is somewhat less than we expected. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. We weighed the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in determining our grade in this category. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is short-term care. We awarded this facility a D in our short-term care category, rendering this the facility's least impressive grade. Short-term care grades are typically used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. To have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.
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, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term patients who have sustained urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In First Coast Health & Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Jacksonville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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