Premier Estates of Oxford

Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this area, which was much better than its overall grade. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid nursing homes that have a long list of severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.

The next category we looked at was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Moving on to the next category, this facility really did not perform well in this category either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 89.2405 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be several points less than average. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.