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Ohio Nursing Home Ratings & Safety Violation Information
According to Medicare.gov, there are 969 nursing homes in Ohio. While 622 (64%) of these nursing homes rank average or above on the level of care they provide, the remaining 326 (36%) have below average and much below average ratings. This substandard level of care falls below the acceptable rating allowed by Medicaid and Medicare.
Relocating an elderly loved one into a nursing facility is often a challenging, but necessary, decision to ensure they receive the best care. Unfortunately, according to statistics, millions of senior citizens become the victims of abuse in the US every year. Studies indicate that the abused die earlier than residents who are well cared for because they do not suffer the same chronic or life-threatening conditions that diminish the quality of life.
Some senior citizens are the victims of physical, emotional or sexual abuse, suffer financial exploitation or are neglected by their caregivers. As the population of senior citizens continues to rise, so too does the occurrences of abuse and neglect. Many of these individuals feel helpless without a legal advocate to protect their rights to dignity and respect.
Below, our attorneys have assembled a list of common problems associated with nursing homes providing care to vulnerable adults. These issues involved pressure sores, accidental injuries, preventable falls, elopement (wandering away), improper medication practices, dehydration, malnutrition, and ongoing violations of federal or state regulations.
Failure to Protect Residents from Accident Hazards
A resident can experience accidents, injuries, or death if the nursing home fails to take appropriate measures to provide and maintain a safe environment. Serious concerns at Ohio nursing homes involving accident hazards and dangerous situations include:
- The nursing facility failed to provide supervision and assistance while transferring a resident who fell and sustained a leg fracture (Altercare Adena Nursing Center)
- A resident sustained actual harm involving a second-degree burn to the lower leg when the baseboard heating unit was placed too close to the bed (Beechwood Pointe Care Center)
Failure to Report and Investigate Any Act or Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Mistreatment
Every nursing home has a legal obligation to ensure that each resident in the facility is Free from abuse, neglect or mistreatment. Sadly, many patients are victims of physical, verbal, mental or sexual assault because the nursing home failed to protect from aggressive actions by caregivers, visitors, and other patients. Serious concerns involving a failure to protect residents from abuse include:
- A male resident struck a female resident after a verbal altercation and grabbed her arm causing physical injury (Blue Ash Care Center)
- A resident was subjected to physical and verbal abuse by a contract the dentist who forced the resident’s mouth open to remove a denture mold while calling the resident a derogatory name (Belmont Manor Nursing Center)
- A resident was subjected to verbal abuse when a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) yelled and swore at the resident (Carriage Inn at Cadiz Nursing Center)
- A patient was punched in the back by another patient with behavioral issues including hitting, kicking, scratching, grabbing, and abusing others a sexually (Cityview Health Care and Rehab Center)
Failure to Implement and Follow Infection Protection Protocols
The spread of infection in a nursing home can cause severe problems that could have been avoided had the medical team follow established protocols. Many problems associated with the staff not sanitizing their hands, properly handling soiled linens, or using personal protective equipment. Serious concerns involving the spread of infection at Ohio nursing homes include:
- One nursing home did not perform annual skin tests for tuberculosis on employees as a safeguard exposure to contagious disease (Altercare Adena Nursing Center)
- The nursing home did not follow proper handwashing procedures when providing care, exposing residents to the potential spread of infection (Arbors at Marietta Nursing Center)
- A resident’s health was compromised when the staff failed to follow acceptable standard of care involving handwashing to prevent the spread of infection – (Canfield Health Care Center)
Failure to Ensure Residents Receive Proper Treatment to Prevent Bedsores
The staff at a nursing facility has a legal and ethical obligation to follow established protocols to prevent facility-acquired bedsores, decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers, pressure sores, and pressure wounds. Serious concerns involving the development of bedsores in Ohio nursing homes that could harm the residents include:
- The nursing home caused actual harm when the resident developed facility acquired bedsores due to a lack of care (Arbors East Sub-Acute and Rehab Center, Belmont Manor Nursing Center, Blue Ash Care Center, Centerville Health and Rehab Center)
- The facility did not adequately treat or monitor a resident’s pressure ulcers that resulted in bleeding through the pressure ulcer dressing that seeped end of the resident’s clothing and onto the floor (Astoria Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center)
Other Safety Concerns
Other serious safety concerns include a failure to notify the resident’s doctor or responsible party when there is a change in the resident’s condition including a significant decline in their medical condition. Serious harm can occur to the resident if the doctor or responsible party is not aware of problems that require making an informed decision to improve the patient’s life.
Many nursing homes in Ohio failed to maintain adequate safety and health policies including creating sanitary and clean conditions in each patient’s room or the common areas.
- Adams Lane Care Center
- Altercare Adena Nursing Center
- Altercare Thornville Nursing Center
- Arbors at Fairlawn Nursing Center
- Arbors at Gallipolis Nursing Center
- Arbors at Marietta Nursing Center
- Arbors at Pomeroy Nursing Center
- Arbors at Streetsboro Nursing Center
- Arbors East Subacute and Rehabilitation Center
- Arbors West Nursing Center
- Arlington Good Samaritan Center
- Astoria Place of Clyde Nursing Center
- Astoria Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Avenue Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Beachwood Pointe Care Center
- Beavercreek Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Beeghly Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Healing Center
- Belmont Manor Nursing Center
- Best Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Blue Ash Care Center
- Blue Stream Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Bryan Center Nursing Home
- Broadway Care Center of Maple Heights Nursing Center
- Butler County Care Facility
- Candlewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Canfield Healthcare Center
- Carecore at The Meadows Nursing Center
- Carriage Inn of Cadiz Nursing Center
- Carriage Inn of Steubenville Nursing Center
- Centerville Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Circle of Care Nursing Center
- Cityview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Colonial Nursing Center of Rockford Nursing Center
- Columbus Colony Elderly Care Nursing Center
- Continuing Healthcare of Gahanna Nursing Center
- Continuing Healthcare of Gahanna (SFF)
- Convalarium at Indian Run Nursing Center
- Country Club Retirement Center
- Country Lane Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Covington Care Center
- Covington Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Crestview Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Services
- Crystal Care Center of Franklin Furnace Nursing Center
- Crystal Care Center of Portsmouth Nursing Home
- Crystal Care of Coal Grove Nursing Center
- Cumberland Pointe Care Center
- Darlington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Dixon Healthcare Center
- Dual Manor Health Care Center
- Dunbar Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Eaglewood Care Center
- Eastland Health Care and Rehabilitation Center (SFF)
- Echo Manor Extended Care Center
- Edgewood Manor of Wellston Nursing Center
- Englewood Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Four Seasons of Washington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Franklin Ridge Healthcare Center
- Garden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Hamden Health Care Ventures Nursing Center
- Hawthorn Glen Nursing Center
- Heartland of Chillicothe Nursing Center
- Heartland of Dublin Nursing Center
- Heartland of Kettering Nursing Center
- Heartland of Marion Nursing Center
- Heartland of Perrysburg Nursing Center
- Heartland of Riverview Nursing Center
- Heartland of Twinsburg Nursing Center
- Hearth and Care of Greenfield Nursing Center
- Heartland of Centerville Nursing Center
- Heartland - Holly Glen Nursing Center
- Heartland of Marietta Nursing Center
- Heartland of Piqua Nursing Center
- Heartland of Uptown Westerville Nursing Center
- Hickory Creek of Athens Nursing Center
- Homestead Healthcare Center
- Indian Lake Rehabilitation Center
- Isabelle Ridgway Post Acute Care Campus Nursing Center (SFF)
- Kent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Kenton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Kirtland Rehabilitation and Care Center
- Lake Pointe Health Care
- Larchwood Village Retirement Community Nursing Center
- Laurels of Hilliard Nursing Center
- Laurels of Steubenville Nursing Center
- Lebanon Health Care Center
- Lexington Court Care Center
- Life Care Center of Medina Nursing Home
- Life Care Center of Westlake Nursing Home
- Lima Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Logan Care and Rehabilitation Center
- London Health and Rehabilitation Center
- ManorCare Health Services - Barberton Nursing Center
- Manor at Whitehall Nursing Center
- Manor at Whitehall (SFF)
- Maple View Manor Nursing Center
- Mary Scott Nursing Center
- Mccrea Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Milcrest Nursing Center
- Newark Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Oakhill Manor Care Center
- Oaks at Northpointe Nursing Center
- Park East Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Parkside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Pataskala Oaks Care Center
- Pavilion Care Center
- Perrysburg Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Pinnacle Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Piqua Healthcare Nursing Center
- Point Place Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Premier Estates of Three Rivers Nursing Center
- Residence at Salem Woods Nursing Center
- Rest Haven Nursing Home
- Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center
- Rivers Crossing Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Rolling Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center
- Rose Lane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Sanctuary at Ohio Valley Nursing Center
- Sanctuary Medina Nursing Center
- Sapphire Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Sterling Transitional Suites Nursing Center
- Summit Acres Nursing Home
- Summit’s Trace Healthcare Center
- Sunrise Manor and Convalescent Center
- The Laurels of Heath Nursing Center
- The Laurels of Walden Park Nursing Center
- The Pavilion at Piketon Nursing Center
- The Pavilion Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Twin Rivers Center Nursing Home
- Uptown Westerville Healthcare Center
- Urbana Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Utica Care Center
- Valley Oaks Care Center
- Valley Oaks Care Center (SFF)
- Villa Vista Royale Nursing Center
- Vista Center at The Ridge
- Walton Manor Health Care Center
- West Bay Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Westmoreland Place Nursing Center
- Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Winchester Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Windsor Lane Healthcare Center
- Woodside Village Care Center
- Woodview Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Wyant Woods Care Center