Ask the community directly for its most recent Ohio Department of Health inspection report, or contact the Ohio Department of Health directly to request survey history for a specific facility.
What this means in practice
Reading the record is more useful than just pulling it. Match the license type to your parent's actual needs rather than just today's. Check the licensee name against the operating brand -- ownership changes hands more often than marketing materials suggest. Read deficiency narratives instead of just counting citations; a missing signature and a resident injury can appear formatted identically in a report. And look for repetition across multiple surveys -- one citation is an incident, but the same finding showing up survey after survey is a pattern worth taking seriously before you sign anything.
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