St Mary’S Alzheimer’S Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-10-20. 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) 549-9259 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Mary’S Alzheimer’S Center 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 (4★), 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 82.1/100, placing it #2749 of 14703 facilities nationally and #200 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 St Mary’S Alzheimer’S Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 20 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 26.1%. 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 $66,973. 3 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 $66,973, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 59.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Mary’S Alzheimer’S Center ranks 2749th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 200th out of 922 nursing homes. In Columbiana, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,438 nationally and RN hours rank #7,824 nationally (#530 in OH). Our composite quality score of 82.1/100 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 Columbiana, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/columbiana/