Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls Has a History of Significant and Serious Quality Issues
The Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls nursing home, it is a 122-bed nursing home located at 300 East Bath Road in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
This facility is not rated due to a history of serious quality issues with the care being provided to the residents. This nursing home is part of the Special Focus Facility program.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also known as CMS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Center for Clinical Status and Quality/Quality Safety and Oversight Group. This group monitors nursing homes. They have developed a Special Focus Facility Program.
They identify nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues and are included in a special program to stimulate improvement in their quality of care.
– Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls is a Special Focus Facility
– Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls has an overall rating of one (1) out of five (5) stars.
– It has a Health Inspection rating of one (1) out of five (5) stars.
– It has a staffing rating of two (2) out of five (5) stars.
Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls Nursing Home received a federal fine of $71,178.00 on March 1, 2023. This is a very large fine.
– The nursing home received a federal fine of $18,887.00 on July 18, 2024.
– The nursing home received a federal fine of $7,878.00 on December 23, 2024.
– The nursing home received a federal fine of $190,920.00 on April 21, 2025. This is a very, very large fine.
Medicare refused to pay for the care being provided to residents on July 18, 2024 and
again on December 23, 2024.
Ronald Whisman Jr., 30, of Tallmadge was working at Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls when he had “sexual conduct” with a 68-year-old female patient, according to a Cuyahoga Falls police report.
Another employee told police she opened the patient’s door and saw Whisman’s pants down around his ankles, apparently engaging in a sexual act with the woman. Whisman pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual battery and a felony count of gross sexual imposition and is serving a five-year sentence at Lorain Correctional Institution, according to Summit County Common Pleas Court and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records. A first-degree felony rape charge was dismissed when he pleaded guilty to the other charges.
Whisman will be required to register as a Tier III sex offender, meaning once he is released from prison, he will have to register with the local sheriff every 90 days for the rest of his life.
As you can see from the list of nursing homes that have significant issues with resident care on our website, there are three (3) Continuing Healthcare Facilities listed on our website. All three of these nursing homes have significant issues with the quality of care being provided. Read our article on the Continuing Healthcare of Gahanna
Many families may ask themselves if The Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls is a good nursing home – and should they send their family members there to be cared for. They may ask if it is a dangerous or bad nursing home. They may ask if other residents at the nursing home have experienced abuse, neglect, bedsores, falls or other injuries. These are valid questions. Based on the ratings above, family members should have real concerns about The Continuing Healthcare of Cuyahoga Falls as a safe and caring choice for their family members.
Given the fact that this nursing home is a special focus facility, given the number of penalties, given the other issues with care, we would strongly recommend that you consider placing your loved one at a different nursing home.
If someone you love has been neglected or abused in a nursing home or an assisted living
facility please call us at The Dickson Firm at 1 (800) OHIO LAW as we would be happy to talk
with you and help you in any way that we can.