Nursing home report
KENT, OH · Medicare-certified · 96 beds
Tamarack Ridge Health and Rehabilitation in Kent, OH has an overall 5-star rating, with strong quality measures and no fines in the last 24 months. Its staffing rating is 3 stars, with reported nurse staffing at 3.63 hours per resident day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and its health inspection rating is 4 stars despite recent citations in care, pain management, and resident rights.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6273 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6273.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: D
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
