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Medicare-certifiedSkilled Nursing
Brookview Healthcare Center
Defiance, OhioMedicare inspection record
About Brookview Healthcare Center
Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, Ohio provides compassionate skilled nursing and rehabilitation care when families need support most. Our clinical team focuses on recovery, healing, and helping residents regain independence through personalized treatment plans.
Community at a glance
Capacity
89 residents
Location
Defiance, OH
Status
Listed in a public registry
Care & services offered
Skilled Nursing
Contact & location
214 HARDING STREET, Defiance, Ohio 43512
Medicare inspection record
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 27, 2025, state inspectors cited 11 health deficiencies (the Ohio average is 10.3).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 4 minutes with each resident a day, below the Ohio average of 3 hours 41 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Brookview Healthcare Center in the last three years.
Staffing
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 4 minutesBelow the Ohio average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 20 minutesBelow the Ohio average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 53%Above the Ohio average |
2 administrators have left the home in the past year.
Inspections
12 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 1, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Infection ControlFrom a complaintCorrected Jul 7, 2026
February 25, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareFrom a complaintCorrected Mar 13, 2026Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceFrom a complaintCorrected Mar 13, 2026Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceFrom a complaintCorrected Mar 13, 2026
March 27, 2025 · Standard inspection · 7 citations+
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Residents were harmed, a few residents (level G)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Apr 14, 2025Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Apr 14, 2025Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Apr 14, 2025Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Apr 14, 2025Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Apr 14, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Infection ControlCorrected Apr 14, 2025Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Apr 14, 2025
January 11, 2024 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation+
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident RightsFrom a complaintCorrected Jan 24, 2024
Fines and payment denials
No fines or Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
About the home, per Medicare
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal business name
- Brookview Operating Company, LLC
- Medicare-certified beds
- 89
- Average residents per day
- 74
- Accepts
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- March 28, 1980
- Part of a chain
- Lionstone Care, 24 homes
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Resident or family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
- CMS Certification Number
- 365447
Location
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214 HARDING STREETDefiance, OH 43512
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Questions about Brookview Healthcare Center
How did Brookview Healthcare Center do on its last inspection?+
State inspectors visited on March 27, 2025 and cited 11 health deficiencies, 4 of them from complaint investigations. The Ohio average is 10.3.
How much nursing care does each resident get at Brookview Healthcare Center?+
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 4 minutes with each resident per day, including 20 minutes from registered nurses. 53% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Has Brookview Healthcare Center been fined by Medicare?+
Medicare's records show no fines against Brookview Healthcare Center in the last three years.
Does Medicare cover skilled nursing?+
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
How much does a nursing home cost?+
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
What is the CMS star rating?+
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.