Rolling Hills Rehab: Mold and Pipe Failures - OH
That's what a staff member told inspectors who arrived at the facility in late July 2025 following multiple complaints. What they found over the next two weeks, through observations, interviews, and conversations with the facility's own administrator, was a building where mold had spread into the air vents, beneath the carpeting, and behind the wallpaper, while residents with respiratory conditions continued living inside it.
The smell hit inspectors before they saw much of anything. A musty, damp odor ran through the building and hallways, confirmed by a staff member who told inspectors nothing had been done to address it after the pipes burst. Water had filled the hallway carpeting and walls, and leaked into the vending machine room, where it sat for days before anyone addressed it in any meaningful way.
The vending machine room became a focal point of the inspection. On July 31, inspectors observed a moderate amount of a black unknown substance in the corner behind the 7 Up machine. Green wallpaper was peeling back from the wall, revealing black speckled material underneath. The facility administrator was present during that observation and confirmed what inspectors were seeing.
Down the hall, in Resident 32's room, a CNA confirmed what inspectors saw at 2:00 p.m. that same afternoon: an unknown black and white fuzzy substance, speckled along the air conditioning vent. The vent that circulated air through the room of a resident living in the facility.
Staff had been raising concerns for some time. Nobody had acted on them.
One staff member told inspectors that mold was the biggest concern in the building. The carpet needed to come up. There were burst pipes. The smell from water-soaked carpet was horrible. The vending machine room was the worst of it, after a pipe leaked into the space for days. She said she believed the air ducts throughout the building were full of mold, that there was a smell to them, and that black speckles would appear along the vents. She said the public bathrooms were in bad shape, with water leaking under the sink and a foul smell that never went away.
Then she said something that inspectors recorded in the report: when she was in the building, she had respiratory issues. When she had a few days off in a row, she felt better. She said several staff members had brought up concerns about mold and about what it meant for residents. Nothing was done about it.
A second staff member said the same thing, almost word for word. Mold in the vents, under the carpets, behind the wallpaper. The odor in the vending machine room was horrible. The whole building smelled musty and wet. The leak came from the laundry room and ran into the vending machine room and the north hallway. Staff didn't properly clean the carpet. The solution was towels and blankets over the water until it dried.
She told inspectors that a lot of staff had been getting sick and believed the building was the cause, because when they had days off they felt fine. She said there were residents who were frequently sick with respiratory illness, and that nobody was checking to see whether the mold was a factor.
On August 7, inspectors walked into the south side shower room and found a strong, foul-smelling odor, described in the report as sewer-like, a rotten egg smell. A CNA confirmed it.
The inspection was conducted in response to four complaints, filed under three separate complaint numbers, all pointing at the same building on Commercial Drive in Bridgeport.
The deficiency was cited at a level of harm characterized as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting many residents. What the report does not contain is any indication that the carpets were pulled up, the ducts were tested, or the walls behind the peeling wallpaper were treated before inspectors left.
Staff members who told inspectors they felt better on their days off still have to come back to work.
The residents do not get days off.
Full Inspection Report
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ROLLING HILLS REHAB AND CARE CTR in BRIDGEPORT, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 11, 2025.
That's what a staff member told inspectors who arrived at the facility in late July 2025 following multiple complaints.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.