Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
935 Rosewood Dr, Galion, OH · (419) 468-7544
- Certified beds
- 62
- Residents per day
- 54
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- May 30, 1978
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How this home got 1 star
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Ohio.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★1 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Ohio homes
Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation carries 181 inspection points. That is fewer than 8% of Ohio's 913 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Ohio: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–15 pts
- 4★ 15–42 pts
- 3★ 42–69 pts
- 2★ 69–121.25 pts
- 1★ over 121.25 pts
Bars show every rated home in Ohio by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
71 health citations on record since 2022. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (2)
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care21F
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- D
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- D
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- F
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
- E
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- D
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Resident Rights10E
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- D
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- D
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- D
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- B
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Pharmacy Service8E
- D
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- D
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- E
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Infection Control7F
- F
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation6E
- E
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- D
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
- C
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Nutrition and Dietary5F
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning5E
- E
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
- D
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Nursing and Physician Services4F
- F
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- E
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- C
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- C
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Administration3E
- D
Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.
- E
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
- D
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Inspection history
2026-05-26
31 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (13 deficiencies)
2024-03-20
25 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (6 deficiencies)
2022-08-15
15 health deficiencies · 5 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (4 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 3 h 45 min of nursing staff time a day, 34 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
3 h 45 min
Ohio average
3 h 43 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 67% of nursing staff and 78% of registered nurses left in the past year, along with 1 administrator.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$0 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | Payment Denial · 13 day denial | $0 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.3 pts worse | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days2.5 pts worse | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine0.9 pts worse | 91.8% | 92.7% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine12.1 pts worse | 81.6% | 93.7% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury2.6 pts better | 0.5% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms21.3 pts better | 10.3% | 31.6% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight4.2 pts better | 1.9% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication4.1 pts worse | 29.6% | 25.5% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication0.9 pts better | 7.6% | 8.5% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened5.3 pts better | 0.0% | 5.3% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased1.9 pts better | 3.1% | 5.0% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.2 pts better | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.1 pts worse | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence5.7 pts worse | 26.6% | 20.9% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers1.3 pts worse | 4.5% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine0.8 pts better | 79.2% | 78.4% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit6.8 pts worse | 19.4% | 12.6% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication1.2 pts better | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine5 pts worse | 71.4% | 76.4% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission3.4 pts worse | 27.8% | 24.4% | 23.4% |
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Fire safety
9 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke5F
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- F
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems2F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- E
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Egress1E
- E
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Miscellaneous1E
- E
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
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