Jacksonville Nursing and Rehab Center

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

This nursing home was awarded a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

Turning to the final area, this nursing home received a grade of C in short-term care, which is a decent rating. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is considered to be a reliable measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.