4813 Lenoir Avenue, Jacksonville FL 32216 · (904) 332-4546 · 94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Jacksonville is located in Jacksonville, Florida, which appears to have a variety of nursing homes. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is ranked among the more impressive facilities we looked at. In fact, this nursing home is ranked among the fifteen best nursing homes in the city. Jacksonville is fortunate to have so many nursing homes of this quality. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
A
Historical
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our short-term care rating, where it received an A. Short-term care grades are critical for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 59 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
A
Historical
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for inspections. Inspection scores are based on several items found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
B+
Historical
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. In calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This was one of the higher totals we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in many of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
B-
Historical
The final area we rated was long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. This actually was this facility's least impressive area. This is nevertheless not a poor grade. In our long-term care rating, we assess the amount of services provided by a facility, as well as some quality data points. In addition to assessing the very respectable level of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the facility's vaccination statistics. For example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.79487 percent of its residents, which is an impressive total. This combination proved to be successful as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aug 20
Provider:
A-
State:
B+
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
Life Care Center of Jacksonville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Provider
D
11.76%
State
B
8%
National
B
7.33%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Provider
B
2.88%
State
B+
2.68%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Provider
D
5.25%
State
B+
2.38%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Provider
D
21.5%
State
B+
12.84%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Provider
C
26.27%
State
B-
22.63%
National
B
19.67%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Provider
B
1.72%
State
A-
1.2%
National
B+
5.09%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Provider
B-
97.1%
State
B+
93.33%
National
B
92.04%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Provider
B+
12.3%
State
B+
12.66%
National
B
14.47%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Provider
B-
14.98%
State
B
16.16%
National
B
17.09%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Provider
A-
1.3
State
B-
1.93
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Provider
B+
14.98
State
B
16.16
National
B
17.09
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Provider
A-
77.01%
State
B
71.26%
National
B
68.04%
Percentage of Resident Higher is Better
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