Smithville Western Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-04-09. 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) 345-9050 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Smithville Western Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), 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 77.0/100, placing it #5029 of 14703 facilities nationally and #411 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 Smithville Western Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 42.4%. 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 $42,777. 7 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 $42,777, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 112.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Smithville Western Care Center ranks 5029th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 411th out of 922 nursing homes. In Wooster, it ranks 6th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 6th of 7. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,009 nationally and RN hours rank #6,017 nationally (#363 in OH). Our composite quality score of 77.0/100 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 Wooster, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/wooster/