Briarwood Village
100 Don Desch Drive, Coldwater, OH 45828 · Mercer County · 112 certified beds · avg 95 residents/day · certified since Dec 30, 1976 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: HCF MANAGEMENT (22 facilities, chain avg rating 3.1★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★☆☆☆☆1/5 · CMS overall rating: 1/5
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 · Aug 14, 2025 · 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: Aug 15, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (28)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' right to form and take part in resident or family groups, such as a resident council. · from a complaint |
| Sep 15, 2025 | 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 15, 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 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | ▲ 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 |
| Apr 7, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | 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 |
| Apr 7, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · from a complaint |
| Oct 2, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a registered nurse on duty at least 8 hours a day, or did not have a registered nurse serving full-time as director of nursing. · from a complaint |
| Aug 8, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not observe each nurse aide's job performance or provide regular training as required. |
| Aug 8, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. |
| Aug 8, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 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. |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 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. |
| Aug 8, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. |
| Oct 25, 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. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not fully assess residents on time — a complete assessment of health, abilities, and needs is required when a resident is first admitted and at least once every 12 months after that. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | 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. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Oct 25, 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. |
| Oct 25, 2022 | 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 25, 2022 | 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. |
| Jan 16, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Jan 16, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Jan 16, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not serve food and drinks that were appetizing, attractive, and at a safe and pleasant temperature. |
| Jan 16, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Jan 16, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide or arrange dental services for its residents. Nursing homes are responsible for making sure residents can get dental care. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (10 → 6).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | E |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | J ▲ |
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 $17,345.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2025 | Fine | $17,345 |
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) | 3.44 | 3.45 | 3.95 | top 40% in Ohio; bottom 34% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.69 | top 26% in Ohio; top 37% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.06 | 3.07 | 3.50 | top 41% in Ohio; bottom 34% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.48 | top 31% in Ohio; top 36% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 64.5 | 48.7 | 45.8 | bottom 13% in Ohio; bottom 10% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 63.2 | 43.9 | 42.9 | bottom 20% in Ohio; bottom 17% 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 3.37, RN 0.68, weekend 2.99. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad M. Unverferth 12-14-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| David V. Unverferth 12-14-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| Jeffrey L. Unverferth 12-14-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-29-04 Revocable Trust | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-31-12 Irrevocable Grantor Trust Fbo Kendra M. U | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-31-12 Irrevocable Grantor Trust Fbo Kerri A. Ro | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-31-12 Irrevocable Grantor Trust Fbo Kevan R. Un | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-31-12 Irrevocable Grantor Trust Fbo Kristen S. | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joann C. Unverferth 12-31-12 Irrevocable Grantor Trust Fbo Kyle J. Unv | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 12/13/2021 |
| Joseph L. Unverferth 12-15-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| Lawrence G. Unverferth 12-13-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| R. Steven Unverferth 12-14-11 Irrv Grantor Tr | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 12/13/2021 |
| Chappel, Margo | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/21/2024 |
| Chappel, Margo | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/21/2024 |
| Chappel, Margo | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/21/2024 |
| HCF Management, INC. | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/18/2002 |
| HCF Management, INC. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/17/2025 |
| Hunter, Rachel | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2022 |
| Hunter, Rachel | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2022 |
| Klay, Celeste | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2016 |
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?"
- "Does your facility have an active resident council, and how does management respond to its concerns?"
- "How many aides are on each shift, and how do you make sure every resident gets timely help with bathing, dressing, and meals?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "When abuse or theft is suspected, who do you notify, how fast, and how do you inform the family?"
- "How many hours a day is a registered nurse physically in the building, including weekends?"
- "How often do you evaluate your nurse aides and what ongoing training do they receive?"
- "What specific training do your nurse aides complete in dementia care and abuse prevention, and how often is it refreshed?"
- "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?"
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 365341.