Birchaven Retirement Village is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-09-15. 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 (419) 424-3000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Birchaven Retirement Village holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 93.0/100, placing it #290 of 14703 facilities nationally and #15 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 Birchaven Retirement Village receives a reported average of 5 hours 39 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 38 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 18 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 7 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $40,973. 2 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 56.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Birchaven Retirement Village ranks 290th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 15th out of 922 nursing homes. In Findlay, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #539 nationally and RN hours rank #747 nationally (#18 in OH). Our composite quality score of 93.0/100 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 Findlay, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/findlay/