Highland Square Nursing and Rehabilitation
Nursing home in Akron, OH
Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)CMS abuse icon
Public-record details
- Address
- 1211 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313
- Phone
- (330) 867-8530
- Listed under
- For-profit
- Medicare CCN
- 365316
- Overall star rating
- 2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 1 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 91
- Average residents per day
- 68
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Buckeye Forest at Akron LLC
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Dec 6, 1974
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Feb 24, 2025. CMS lists 55 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 6, 2019 to Sep 18, 2025): 32 from complaint inspections, 5 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 5 at “immediate jeopardy”. CMS shows its abuse icon for this facility, which it uses for nursing homes cited for abuse at the harm level recently or at the potential-harm level in each of the last two years.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2025 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | J |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | D |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | F |
| May 21, 2025 | Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives. | J |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | E |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. | D |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 5 fines totalling $299,782 in the last three years.
| Aug 20, 2025 | Fine: $191,779 |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Fine: $16,396 |
| May 24, 2024 | Fine: $16,801 |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Fine: $11,023 |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Fine: $63,783 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.14 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.53 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 1.85 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 2.86 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 61%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 38%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 1
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.
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