Healthcare Center of Jacksonville is an average-sized facility located in Jacksonville, Florida. This nursing home proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Healthcare Center of Jacksonville
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really fared well in long-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A-. Few nursing homes did better in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 95.550354 percent of its residents. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in the area of inspections. We awarded it an A- for that area. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
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. When computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, this nursing home was given a decent short-term care grade of B-. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Healthcare Center of Jacksonville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 0.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 0.5% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 23.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 30.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 0.76% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 97.13% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 26.15% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 26.13% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 26.13% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 12.31% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Healthcare Center of Jacksonville, 77.17% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Jacksonville, 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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