1500 Sherman Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45212 · (513) 631-6800 · 72.44% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Premier Estates of Norwood Towers is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, which offers more than 20 nursing homes. This is a relatively poor nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Keep in mind that Cincinnati received a city grade of B-, so should look at other options in the city as well. Lastly, this facility had an ownership change in the last year. Hopefully, new ownership is able to elevate its quality standards.
Please note our records indicate that Premier Estates of Norwood Towers has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Nurse Quality
B
Historical
Although we were down on this facility overall, we awarded it a B for our nursing rating. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home offers high levels of nursing care, with an average of 4.1 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Lastly, this facility appears to be above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. For example, it fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These datapoints to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home offers.
Facility Inspections
B
Historical
Surprisingly, this facility actually earned a good score in the area of inspections as well. We gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better grades. Not many facilities that were this poor overall earned multiple category grades of this caliber. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
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Long-term Care Quality
C
Historical
This facilities next most favorable category was long-term care. We gave it a C in this category. This is essentially a slightly below average score in this category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. This facility's vaccination data lagged a bit behind a few of its other statistics in this area, such as its nursing hours data. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 86.131386 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement in this area in the future. Nevertheless, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
D
Historical
This facility's weakest category was short-term care, which is the final area we scored. For this category, we gave this nursing home a D. In computing these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Based on its score in this area, we were not stunned to find that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This nursing home a bit in this metric as well, with just 45.6 percent of its patients returning home. This was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aug 20
Provider:
D
State:
B-
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
Premier Estates of Norwood Towers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Provider
A+
2.1%
State
B+
6.81%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Provider
B
2.92%
State
B
3.52%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Provider
B
2.23%
State
B+
2.04%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Provider
C
17.34%
State
B
13.98%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Provider
A-
13.6%
State
B
21.49%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Provider
F
32.11%
State
C
15.32%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Provider
C
91.77%
State
B
92.09%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Provider
F
25.96%
State
B
15.22%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Provider
A+
28.02%
State
B
17.92%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Provider
F
28.02
State
B
17.92
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Provider
A+
86.78%
State
B
67.21%
National
B
68.03%
Percentage of Resident Higher is Better
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Nearby Dialysis
Us Renal Care of Norwood Dialysis 0.45 mi
Dialysis Stations: 16
1721 Tennessee Ave. Cincinnati Ohio 45229
(513) 242-6733
Fmc - Liberty Norwood 0.79 mi
CMS Rating: 3 stars
Dialysis Stations: 24
2071 Sherman Avenue Cincinnati Ohio 45212
(513) 841-1800
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CMS Rating: 4 stars
Dialysis Stations: 25
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