Altenheim
Nursing home in Strongsville, OH
Medicare & Medicaid certified4★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 18627 Shurmer Road, Strongsville, OH 44136
- Phone
- (440) 238-3361
- Listed under
- Nonprofit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines in 3 years, Part of a retirement community
- Medicare CCN
- 365109
- Overall star rating
- 4 of 5 ★★★★☆
- Health inspection rating
- 3 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 4 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 128
- Average residents per day
- 110
- Ownership
- Nonprofit, corporation
- Legal business name
- West Side Deutscher Frauen Verein
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jan 1, 1967
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 25, 2024. CMS lists 12 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Apr 18, 2019 to Oct 21, 2025): 4 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | G |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| May 5, 2022 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | C |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | E |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 4.75 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.58 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.79 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 4.13 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 40%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 23%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 0
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.