Westminster Woods on Julington Creek
25 State Road 13, Saint Johns FL 32259 · (904) 287-7300 · 90.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Westminster Woods on Julington Creek is located in Saint Johns, Florida. The city has 36,917 people. With an overall score of A+, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. We were impressed enough to rate this facility as one of the 50 best nursing homes in Florida. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home was given strong marks in the area of short-term care. Consequently, it was given one of our most impressive scores in that area with a score of A+. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for those needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This place excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average facility. This is often a great sign. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 63.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on our next category, we gave this nursing home a score of A for its long-term care score. This is a very impressive rating. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. This facility's vaccination records were not as impressive as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 87.93104 percent of its residents. We would love to see some improvement in this area in the future. Fortunately, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.2 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we looked at, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of A in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home completed a straight A report card. The nursing rating consists of many subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westminster Woods on Julington Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better