Legends Care Rehabilitation And Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-09-25. 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 (330) 837-1001 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Legends Care Rehabilitation And Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), 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 68.2/100, placing it #9099 of 14703 facilities nationally and #718 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 Legends Care Rehabilitation And Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 32 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 16 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 60.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Legends Care Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 $313,640. 57 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $313,640, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 258.0 (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, Legends Care Rehabilitation And Nursing Center ranks 9099th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 718th out of 922 nursing homes. In Massillon, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,779 nationally and RN hours rank #7,903 nationally (#535 in OH). Our composite quality score of 68.2/100 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 Massillon, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/massillon/