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Reviews of Galion Meadows are sharply divided: several praise the friendliness and quality of care from staff, while multiple detailed accounts describe serious lapses in wound care, medication management, and cleanliness. Families should weigh the positive staff interactions against repeated, specific complaints about neglect and unaddressed care needs.
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Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehab is a senior living community in Galion, Ohio offering Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Gathering / Activity Spaces, Social Activities and Housekeeping. Families rate it 3.6 out of 5 across 35 reviews.
Galion Meadows is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation community in Galion, Ohio, offering a supportive environment designed to help patients heal and progress through their recovery journey.
The community provides occupational, physical, and speech therapy services delivered by its therapy team. Care is personalized, with the facility emphasizing individualized programs tailored to each resident's needs and goals.
The community fosters a family-oriented atmosphere where residents and staff celebrate progress together. The facility describes itself as committed to helping patients make steady advancement toward their next steps in recovery and independence.
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Help Me Choose3.6overall · 35 ratings combined
3.6★ on Google (35)
Eric Hedges
Jul 2026
Hate having my dad there. Food is horrible. They turn a blind eye to any complaints you have. Almost like they fight u on things or deliberately do things wrong !! I got alot more negative i could say as well. Careless care!!<br><br>Dad passed from getting pneumonia out there
SEAN THOMAN
Jul 2026
I seen how they treated my Sister, getting Lawyer and filing complaints and requesting inquiry through appropriate State Agency(s). I thought it was a good place, they took care of my Dad and Great Aunt pretty well. I am hoping it's a misunderstanding and a clerical error.
Melissa Easterling
May 2026
Everyone was super nice and though the environment was a little chaotic they still had super good care
Amy Rachelle
Feb 2026
Absolutely terrible!!! NEVER PLACE YOUR LOVED ONE HERE...EVER!! Staff doesn't do their job and rotate patients every 2 hours. Your loved one will end up with huge, gaping wounds!!!
Melissa C. Frank
Dec 2025
The staff at Galion Meadows are great. They provide quality care for my brother. They are always friendly when I visit my brother. I am truly thankful that he is at Galion Meadows.
13 inspection visits in the last three years, 80 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 9, 2026
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 9, 2026
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 17, 2026
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 23, 2025
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 13, 2024
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 18, 2024
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 18, 2024
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jun 28, 2024
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 12, 2024
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2024
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 26, 2024
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 21, 2023
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 21, 2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Severity B of L: potential for minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 2, 2022
Source: CMS Care Compare, public federal data covering certified nursing facilities, refreshed monthly. Citations range from A (least serious) to L (most serious) on the federal scope and severity scale. Most citations are corrected quickly; review the details and ask the community about anything that concerns you.
Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehab offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehab is located at 935 Rosewood Dr in Galion, Ohio.
Reviews of Galion Meadows are sharply divided: several praise the friendliness and quality of care from staff, while multiple detailed accounts describe serious lapses in wound care, medication management, and cleanliness. Families should weigh the positive staff interactions against repeated, specific complaints about neglect and unaddressed care needs.
Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehab had 13 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 80 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.
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