Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Ctr is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1985-06-05. 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 (440) 428-5103 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Ctr holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 58.4/100, placing it #12518 of 14703 facilities nationally and #889 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 Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Ctr receives a reported average of 3 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 50 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 41 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 71.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Ctr with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $27,318. 104 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 2 fine(s) totaling $27,318, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 118.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Ctr ranks 12518th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 889th out of 922 nursing homes. In Madison, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,785 nationally and RN hours rank #11,718 nationally (#817 in OH). Our composite quality score of 58.4/100 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 Madison, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/madison/