Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Duval

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also awarded this nursing home an impressive score in long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our more favorable grades. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we gave this nursing home an F. This is certainly not one of this facility's better areas. Our nursing grade weighs numerous subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averaged just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This number is quite a bit below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

This nursing home's weakest category is short-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this category. Even with several respectable grades in other areas, this score is nevertheless concerning so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. With a score in this range in this category, we weren't shocked to find this facility was well below average in several staffing areas we looked at. The nursing home supplied significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its residents returning home.