Canal Winchester Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Canal Winchester Care Center is a 124-bed for-profit nursing home in Canal Winchester, Ohio, part of Optalis Health & Rehabilitation. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.89 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Ohio average of 2.09, and 43.6% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Canal Winchester Care Center
6800 Gender RoadCanal Winchester, OH 43110
Fairfield County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Canal Winchester Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.89 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Ohio average. With about 111 residents a day, that works out to roughly 210 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.89 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.16 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.53 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.31 | 3.28 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.6% of nursing staff at Canal Winchester Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Ohio average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 47.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 16 health deficiencies (Ohio average 10.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $26,685 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2025 | Fine | $26,685 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Canal Winchester Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Canal Winchester Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Optalis Health & Rehabilitation, 36 homes
- Legal name: Canal Winchester Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 15, 2018
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Canal Winchester Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Altercare of Canal Winchester Post-Acute RC Canal Winchester | 0.4 | 72 | 2.23 | 3.78 | 60.2% | 2 | $142,425 |
| Embassy of Winchester Canal Winchester | 0.8 | 176 | 1.98 | 3.16 | 36.3% | 2 | $167,295 |
| Pickerington Care and Rehabilitation Pickerington | 4.0 | 96 | 2.58 | 4.18 | 48.3% | 3 | None |
| Violet Springs Health Campus Pickerington | 4.8 | 58 | 1.76 | 3.75 | 39.7% | 2 | $16,801 |
| Eastland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Columbus | 6.0 | 93 | 2.08 | 3.34 | 52.7% | 2 | $207,789 |
| Robert a Barnes Center Reynoldsburg | 6.6 | 25 | 4.06 | 7.04 | 38.5% | 5 | None |
| McNaughten Pointe Nursing and Rehab Columbus | 7.1 | 124 | 2.60 | 4.53 | 22.2% | 3 | None |
| Majestic Care of Whitehall Whitehall | 8.1 | 150 | 1.58 | 3.07 | 39.8% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.