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LIBERTY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OF LIMA INC, LIMA, OH — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does LIBERTY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OF LIMA INC have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), LIBERTY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OF LIMA INC (CCN 365936), in LIMA, OH, has federal inspection findings.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 23 deficiencies; the most severe is rated J, which CMS classifies as Immediate Jeopardy — its most serious level, for noncompliance it found likely to cause serious harm or death. The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2026-03-19. 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 2026). 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 2026.
- 3 citations for accident hazards or inadequate supervision (F689) — the deficiency family behind fall-related findings; most recent Mar 2026.
- 3 pressure-ulcer care citations (F686) — the consumer term is "bedsores"; most recent Jan 2025.
- 23 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.
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The Federal Record
At its most recent federal inspection, CMS cited this facility at the Immediate Jeopardy level — the most serious category CMS uses, for situations it found likely to cause serious harm or death.
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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
48 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 1 · Accidents & supervision 3 · Pressure ulcers 3 · Medication & pharmacy 9 · Resident rights 8 · Other citations 23 (expand)
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
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.
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 that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 2 · 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.
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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?