Life Care Center of Orange Park is in Orange Park, Florida, a city with a population of 71,690 people. This facility was given a strong overall rating of B+, making it ranked among the top three nursing homes in the city. You could definitely do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Life Care Center of Orange Park
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this place an A+ for our inspection category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat 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
This facility was given impressive grades in the area of long-term care as well. Indeed, it received one of our most dominant scores in that category with a score of A-. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.63437 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this area. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more meaningful for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still gave it a decent grade of C for our nursing category. We weighed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Orange Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 17.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 1.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who have had a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 0.6% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 16.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 22.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 0.19% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 99.82% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 3.84% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 4.07% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 4.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 9.49% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Orange Park, 88.2% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Orange Park, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Orange Park, Florida has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Orange Park Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.14 miles away2001 Kingsley Ave Orange Park Florida 32073Voluntary non-profit - Other(904) 276-8500
- Nh JacksonvilleAcute Care - Department of Defense 4.67 miles away2080 Child Street Jacksonville Florida 32212Department of Defense(904) 542-7300
- Ascension St Vincent's Clay CountyAcute Care Hospitals 6.66 miles away1670 St Vincents Way Middleburg Florida 32068Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 602-1000
- Ascension St Vincent's RiversideAcute Care Hospitals 10.43 miles away1 Shircliff Way Jacksonville Florida 32204Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 308-7300
- Ascension St Vincent's SouthsideAcute Care Hospitals 11.35 miles away4201 Belfort Rd Jacksonville Florida 32216Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 296-3700
- Baptist Medical Center JacksonvilleAcute Care Hospitals 11.55 miles away800 Prudential Dr Jacksonville Florida 32207Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 202-2000
- Memorial Hospital JacksonvilleAcute Care Hospitals 12.04 miles away3625 University Blvd S Jacksonville Florida 32216Proprietary(904) 702-6111
- Uf Health JacksonvilleAcute Care Hospitals 13.49 miles away655 W 8th St Jacksonville Florida 32209Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 244-0411
Nearby Dialysis
- Orange Park Kidney Center0.14 miles away2061 Professional Center Dr Orange Park Florida 32073Dialysis Stations: 17 (904) 276-3311
- Northeast Florida Dialysis Center2.07 miles away2141 Loch Rand Blvd #113 Orange Park Florida 32073CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (904) 272-7331
- Fresenius Kidney Care Orange Park North2.07 miles away2010 Wells Pond Court Orange Park Florida 32073Dialysis Stations: 13 (904) 264-1101
- Ara Collins Road Dialysis Center2.56 miles away6196 Lake Gray Blvd Suite 112 Jacksonville Florida 32244Dialysis Stations: 16 (904) 772-0933
- Fresenius Kidney Care Clay County4.4 miles away400 College Dr Bldg 400 Middleburg Florida 32068Dialysis Stations: 13 (904) 272-9514
- Fleming Island Dialysis5.46 miles away4575 Us Hwy 17 Unit 301 Fleming Island Florida 32003Dialysis Stations: 12 (904) 215-2476
- Jacksonville Westside Dialysis5.85 miles away5276 Blanding Blvd Suite 26 Jacksonville Florida 32210Dialysis Stations: 20 (904) 573-6405
- Normandy Village Dialysis Center9.06 miles away1584 Normandy Village Pkwy #29 Jacksonville Florida 32221CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (904) 781-7272