Premier Estates of Cinnati-Riverview

The main thing propping up this nursing home's profile is its elite nursing score. In fact, we awarded this nursing home an A- in that category. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Inspections is another category where this facility excelled. In fact, we gave this facility an B+ for our inspections category. This score is far more impressive than its overall grade. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor dings are not something to panic about.

This facilities third most favorable area was short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this category. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

The final area we graded is long-term care, proved to be this nursing home's worst area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that area. This really was one of just a couple of dings of a strong report card. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 52.542374 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.