Anchor Lodge Nursing Home INC
3756 W Erie Ave, Lorain, OH 44053 · Lorain County · 110 certified beds · avg 94 residents/day · certified since Jul 1, 1994
Part of chain: SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS (12 facilities, chain avg rating 3.3★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Mar 19, 2024 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Mar 20, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Nov 7, 2022 · F-0692
The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration.
Why it matters: Malnutrition and dehydration can quickly weaken a resident and lead to serious complications.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Dec 23, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (34)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. · from a complaint |
| Dec 4, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Mar 19, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not serve food and drinks that were appetizing, attractive, and at a safe and pleasant temperature. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents (and their representatives and the ombudsman, a state advocate for residents) proper advance notice before a transfer or discharge, including information about their right to appeal. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not let a resident return after a hospital stay or approved leave that lasted longer than the facility's bed-hold policy allowed. Residents generally have the right to come back to the next available bed. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide appropriate treatment and services to residents with a mental health condition, difficulty adjusting emotionally, or a history of trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. · from a complaint |
| Nov 7, 2022 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility's menus did not meet residents' nutritional needs, or were not prepared in advance, followed as written, kept up to date, or reviewed by a dietician. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' right to make their own choices about their daily lives, such as when to wake up, what to eat, or how to spend their time. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not immediately notify the resident, their doctor, and a family member when something significant happened — such as an injury, a decline in health, or a room change. Families and doctors are entitled to know right away. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents (and their representatives and the ombudsman, a state advocate for residents) proper advance notice before a transfer or discharge, including information about their right to appeal. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give the resident or their representative written notice of how long it would hold the resident's bed during a hospital stay or approved leave. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the social services residents need — such as counseling, help with adjustment, or connecting to outside resources — to achieve the best possible quality of life. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide food that accounts for each resident's allergies, intolerances, and personal preferences, or did not offer appealing alternatives. |
| Nov 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe, appropriate care for residents who need dialysis — the treatment that filters the blood when kidneys fail. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Oct 31, 2019 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (17 → 4).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | D |
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | J ▲ |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | D |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $20,678.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2024 | Fine | $20,678 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Ohio avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.29 | 3.45 | 3.95 | bottom 48% in Ohio; bottom 26% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.39 | 0.60 | 0.69 | bottom 20% in Ohio; bottom 21% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.05 | 3.07 | 3.50 | top 41% in Ohio; bottom 33% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.48 | bottom 2% in Ohio; bottom 4% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 51.1 | 48.7 | 45.8 | bottom 43% in Ohio; bottom 34% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 42.9 | 43.9 | 42.9 | top 47% in Ohio; bottom 49% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.33, RN 0.40, weekend 3.09. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 2/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky Healthcare INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 01/22/2001 |
| Hutsenpiller, Wendie | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 07/01/2008 |
| Malanowski, Kenneth | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 07/01/2008 |
| Sprenger Enterprises, INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/31/1989 |
| Sprenger, Nicole | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 06/01/2002 |
| Sprenger, Tracey | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 07/01/2008 |
| Amherst Manor Company, LTD. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/14/1995 |
| Anchor Lodge Co., LTD. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/14/1995 |
| BSH Investments LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/04/2003 |
| Citrin Cooperman and Company, LLP | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2025 |
| CMS & Co. Management Services, INC. | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/22/2001 |
| CMS & Co. Management Services, INC. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/10/2025 |
| Courtock, Melissa | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/02/2002 |
| Courtock, Melissa | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/02/2002 |
| Delta Health Care Consultants, INC. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2008 |
| Epperly, Robert | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/20/2022 |
| Epperly, Robert | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/20/2022 |
| Eren, Itri | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/28/2006 |
| Eren, Itri | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/28/2006 |
| Fox, Emily | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/31/2024 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "How do you monitor residents' weight and eating, and what happens when someone starts losing weight?"
- "How do you identify and arrange specialized services for residents with mental health conditions or disabilities?"
- "What is your current medication error rate, and what have you changed to bring errors down?"
- "How do you keep residents' medical records accurate, complete, and secure?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "Could I join residents for a meal to see the food quality and temperature for myself?"
- "If you ever planned to discharge or transfer my family member, how much written notice would we receive and how could we appeal?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Pointe Health Care | 1.3 mi | Lorain, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Oak Hills Nursing Center | 1.6 mi | Lorain, OH | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Autumn Aegis Nursing Home | 2.1 mi | Lorain, OH | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Amherst Manor Nursing Home | 3.7 mi | Amherst, OH | ★★☆☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Kingston Health Center of Vermilion | 6.5 mi | Vermilion, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Mill Manor Care Center | 8.0 mi | Vermilion, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Wesleyan Village | 8.4 mi | Elyria, OH | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Woods on French Creek Nursing & Rehab Center the | 8.9 mi | Avon, OH | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Avon Oaks Nursing Home | 8.9 mi | Avon, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| O'Neill Healthcare North Ridgeville | 9.5 mi | North Ridgeville, OH | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Life Care Center of Elyria | 9.8 mi | Elyria, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Main Street Care Center | 10.3 mi | Avon Lake, OH | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 365969.