University Crossing is located in Jacksonville, Florida, which is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. It looks like this nursing home is one of the top facilities we looked at. This nursing home received one of the best grades we offer. This turned out to be one of the top 10 nursing homes in Jacksonville. Finally, this proved to be a very consistent facility with consistently strong ratings in each of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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University Crossing
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in our short-term care rating. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to note the fact that this nursing home was given a first-rate score of A in our long-term care area. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.40829 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing grade includes several subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. This finished off a straight A report card for this facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
University Crossing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In University Crossing, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In University Crossing, 4.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In University Crossing, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients which sustained UTI's. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In University Crossing, 3.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In University Crossing, 23.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In University Crossing, 1.85% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In University Crossing, 98.09% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In University Crossing, 6.21% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In University Crossing, 22.17% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In University Crossing, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In University Crossing, 22.17% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In University Crossing, 11.99% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In University Crossing, 79.67% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
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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- Ascension St Vincent's SouthsideAcute Care Hospitals 2.72 miles away4201 Belfort Rd Jacksonville Florida 32216Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 296-3700
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- Ascension St Vincent's RiversideAcute Care Hospitals 5.57 miles away1 Shircliff Way Jacksonville Florida 32204Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 308-7300
- Nh JacksonvilleAcute Care - Department of Defense 7.77 miles away2080 Child Street Jacksonville Florida 32212Department of Defense(904) 542-7300
- Mayo ClinicAcute Care Hospitals 9.7 miles away4500 San Pablo Rd Jacksonville Florida 32224Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 953-2000
- Baptist Medical Center - BeachesAcute Care Hospitals 11.87 miles away1350 13th Ave S Jacksonville Beach Florida 32250Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 247-2900
Nearby Dialysis
- Memorial Plaza Dialysis0.46 miles away3901 University Blvd S #111 Jacksonville Florida 32216Dialysis Stations: 18 (904) 731-0247
- Bma of Florida, Incorporated1.92 miles away5730 Bowden Road Suite 110 Jacksonville Florida 32216Dialysis Stations: 17 (904) 419-0273
- Kidney Kare of Jacksonville, Inc2.41 miles away4168 Southpoint Parkway Suite 103 Jacksonville Florida 32216Dialysis Stations: 8 (904) 332-8004
- Dialysis Clinic Inc of Southpoint2.6 miles away11705 San Jose Blvd Suite 100 Jacksonville Florida 32223CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (904) 296-6362
- Nxstage Kidney Care - Jacksonville2.88 miles away2777 University Blvd W #39 Jacksonville Florida 32217Dialysis Stations: 10 (904) 527-5322
- Bma - Jacksonville3.13 miles away1944 Atlantic Blvd Jacksonville Florida 32207Dialysis Stations: 18 (904) 396-7203
- Regency Dialysis Center3.78 miles away9535 Regency Square Blvd Jacksonville Florida 32225CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (904) 725-0526
- Bma - Saint Johns4.24 miles away3132 Saint Johns Bluff Rd S Jacksonville Florida 32246Dialysis Stations: 24 (904) 641-0806