Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center is a 65-bed for-profit nursing home in East Palestine, Ohio, part of Michael Slyk. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.72 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Ohio average of 2.09, and 39.3% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center
100 Covington DriveEast Palestine, OH 44413
Columbiana 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 Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center, nurse aides logged 1.72 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Ohio average. With about 61 residents a day, that works out to roughly 104 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.72 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.03 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.09 | 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
39.3% of nursing staff at Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab 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 40.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Ohio average 10.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Michael Slyk, 7 homes
- Legal name: Covington SNF Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 2009
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Parkside Health Care Center Columbiana | 6.3 | 75 | 1.71 | 3.37 | 29.6% | 3 | None |
| Masternick Memorial Health Care Center New Middletown | 7.2 | 99 | 2.10 | 3.87 | 30.2% | 4 | None |
| St Mary's Alzheimer's Center Columbiana | 7.7 | 90 | 2.48 | 3.89 | 27.4% | 4 | $66,973 |
| Beaver Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Beaver Falls | 9.3 | 120 | 1.74 | 3.31 | 56.7% | 2 | None |
| Hampton Woods Nursing Center, Inc Poland | 9.5 | 70 | 2.48 | 4.54 | 57.6% | 4 | None |
| Center for Rehabilitation at Hampton Woods the Poland | 9.5 | 26 | 2.29 | 5.42 | 45.7% | 4 | None |
| Aventura at Assumption Village North Lima | 9.7 | 150 | 1.91 | 3.32 | 52.5% | 1 | $14,680 |
| Willow Woods Rehabilitation and Nursing North Lima | 9.9 | 85 | 1.96 | 3.12 | 34.0% | 3 | $50,389 |
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.