Candlewood Healthcare And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-05-16. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (216) 268-3600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Candlewood Healthcare And Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.6/100, placing it #4720 of 14703 facilities nationally and #375 of 922 in Ohio. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Candlewood Healthcare And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 19 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 1 minute per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 37.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $29,488. 66 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $29,488, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 42.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Candlewood Healthcare And Rehabilitation ranks 4720th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 375th out of 922 nursing homes. In East Cleveland, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,846 nationally and RN hours rank #10,623 nationally (#739 in OH). Our composite quality score of 77.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in East Cleveland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/east-cleveland/