The Luxe at Jupiter Rehabilitation Center

To pair with its strong overall grade, this facility earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Adding to its impressive profile, this nursing home also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an B+. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more data for this nursing home. Without having access to all of the deficiency data, it ended up being difficult to fully assess the place in this area.

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. There are several datapoints included in this category. Many of the factors are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a resident even once per day.

Switching gears to the next category, this facility was given a grade of C in long-term care, which is generally an acceptable rating. In computing our long-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided vaccination data. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.