Compiled from official CMS federal data
LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE, WORTHINGTON, OH — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE (CCN 365256), in WORTHINGTON, OH, has federal inspection findings.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 17 deficiencies; the most severe is rated E — which CMS classifies as "potential for harm," a level below actual harm (risk, but no harm confirmed). The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2024-11-04. Earlier-cycle citations appear in the dated timeline below as historical, not current. The record also includes 1 abuse- or neglect-related citation in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series; most recent Mar 2022). This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own.
Abuse-, fall-, and care-related findings on the federal record
- 1 citation in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series) — most recent Mar 2022.
- 1 citation for accident hazards or inadequate supervision (F689) — the deficiency family behind fall-related findings; most recent Nov 2024.
- 3 findings on file from complaint-triggered inspections.
Every figure above restates CMS’s own dated record; this page draws no conclusion of its own. Strict state filing deadlines can apply to nursing-home injury claims — a licensed attorney in your state can review this record.
FOR FAMILIES
What brings you to this record?
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal inspection record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
About this record: Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
Deficiency timeline
Citations are listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically; each entry is labeled current-cycle or historical.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
28 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 1 · Accidents & supervision 1 · Medication & pharmacy 6 · Resident rights 5 · Other citations 15 (expand)
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 3 · CMS state average: 3.2
Both figures as published by CMS.
You may be reading this record for the first time.
If something happened to someone you love at this facility, this federal record may be new to you today. The company that operates a nursing home, by contrast, is rarely seeing records like this for the first time — operators like these typically retain standing legal, risk, and insurance teams whose routine work includes records exactly like the one on this page. That is not a judgment of this facility; it is how the business is structured. Because strict time limits can apply, families often find it helps to have a qualified person review the record with them sooner rather than later.
Your federal record — tap to preview
Federal record
LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE — Federal Record
Your answers below fill this section.
- —
- —
- —
- —
- —
- —
SECTION 7 — CASE CONTEXT
Add what you saw at LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE to this record
No call centers, no auctions. CareSentinel is an independent service that compiles the public CMS record and does not provide legal advice. The federal record is a point-in-time inspection record and may understate what actually occurred. CareSentinel is operated by Nodal Logics LLC.
Strict time limits can apply to taking legal action — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
If you believe a resident is in immediate danger, call 911. Care concerns can also be reported at no cost to your state survey agency or the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program (ltcombudsman.org) — independent of any legal inquiry.
How to read this record
Making sense of a CMS inspection record
CMS scores every citation on a grid from A to L, combining how widespread a finding was with how serious it was. A–C is a deficiency CMS classifies as no harm; D–F as the potential for harm; G–I as actual harm that reached a resident; and J–L as immediate jeopardy, CMS’s most serious level. Later letters mark more serious findings.
Three questions to ask on a tour
- How is the home staffed on nights, weekends, and holidays?
- What happens when a resident’s condition changes suddenly?
- How, and how quickly, are families told about an incident?