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Independence House

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1000 Independence Rd, Fostoria, OH 44830 (opens Google Maps) · Hancock County · (419) 435-8505· 50 certified beds · avg 31 residents/day · certified since Feb 10, 1992 · 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 →

4/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Sep 5, 2024
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
3.77
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

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Health inspection rating: ★★★★☆4/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5 · how star ratings work →

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 quality measures from resident assessments and claims.

Inspection findings in the public record

Showing the latest 3 of 11 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.

  1. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · from a complaint F-0684

  2. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    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 F-0689

  3. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    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. · from a complaint F-0686

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CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.

DateSeverityWhat the facility was cited for
Apr 28, 2026D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · from a complaint · F-0684
Apr 28, 2026D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint · F-0689
Feb 17, 2026D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe 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. · from a complaint · F-0686
Feb 17, 2026D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. · from a complaint · F-0755
Sep 5, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · F-0657
Sep 5, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · F-0684
Jun 13, 2019F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadThe 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. · F-0880
Jun 13, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe 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. · F-0550
Jun 13, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe 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. · F-0677
Jun 13, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe 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. · F-0758
Jun 13, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide timely, quality laboratory tests to meet residents' needs. · F-0770

Inspection trend by year

Citations by recorded inspection yearPublished citation counts, not a quality score · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2019
All citations: 5
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2024
All citations: 2
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2026
All citations: 4
Serious citations (G–L): 0

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

YearCitationsSerious (G–L)Worst severity that year
201950F
202420D
202640D

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)

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No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

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Nurse time, in contextAdjusted hours per resident per day · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
This facilityOhio averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 3.77
Ohio average: 3.45
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 0.94
Ohio average: 0.60
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 3.30
Ohio average: 3.07
U.S. average: 3.50

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

MeasureThis facilityOhio avgU.S. avgWhere it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)3.773.453.95top 22% in Ohio; bottom 50% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours0.940.600.69top 7% in Ohio; top 18% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing3.303.073.50top 25% in Ohio; bottom 47% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)0.610.420.48top 14% in Ohio; top 22% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)63.348.745.8bottom 15% in Ohio; bottom 12% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)44.443.942.9bottom 49% in Ohio; bottom 45% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — 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 3.50, RN 0.88, weekend 3.06.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.50 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 3/5.

Quality measures: assessments & claims

Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.

Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: 4/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5

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Who owns this facility

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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →

Non profit - Corporation

Owner / managerTypeRoleStakeSince
Blanchard Valley Health SystemOrganization5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest100%12/31/2007
Beidelschies, TimIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE02/24/2003
Beidelschies, TimIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE02/24/2003
Brough, MichaelIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2021
Brough, MichaelIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2021
Cosiano, FrankIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2015
Cosiano, FrankIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2015
Cytlak, DavidIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2010
Cytlak, DavidIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2010
Dowling, JamesIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2018
Dowling, JamesIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2018
Edgington, AnnetteIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2023
Edgington, AnnetteIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2023
Hopkins, WilliamIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2022
Hopkins, WilliamIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2022
Jones, GingerIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE05/01/2015
Jones, GingerIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE05/01/2015
Kennard, DanIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2021
Kennard, DanIndividualTrustee of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2021
Kroetz, ElizabethIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE07/01/2021

Showing 20 of 42 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 22 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.

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  • "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
  • "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
  • "How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
  • "How does your pharmacist review residents' medications, and how quickly can you fill new or urgent prescriptions?"
  • "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
  • "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
  • "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
  • "How many aides are on each shift, and how do you make sure every resident gets timely help with bathing, dressing, and meals?"

Also worth asking anywhere

  • "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
  • "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
  • "CMS reports 63% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
  • "The ownership record on file lists 42 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
  • "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

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The Willows at Tiffin12.1 miTiffin, OH★★★★★5/5
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Fox Run Manor13.2 miFindlay, OH★★★☆☆2/5
Birchaven Retirement Village13.2 miFindlay, OH★★★★☆2/5
Autumnwood Care Center13.3 miTiffin, OH★★☆☆☆2/5
St Francis Senior Ministries13.9 miTiffin, OH★★★★☆4/5
Windsor Lane Healthcare Center17.2 miGibsonburg, OH★★★☆☆2/5abuse
Willows at Bowling Green the18.6 miBowling Green, OH★★★★★5/5

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CMS records place this facility in Hancock, OH — 6 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 365860.

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