East Park Care Center: Shower Room in Disrepair - OH
The toilet was broken off its seal in the floor. Feces were smeared on the outside of it. Six tiles had been pulled from the shower stall wall near the floor, exposing a large hole behind them. Two more tiles were missing from the bottom corner of the stall, with another hole open in the wall. In the corner of the shower, there was a pile of broken tile.
Eleven residents used that shower.
The inspection took place on October 8, 2025, and was triggered by a complaint. When inspectors arrived at 8:55 in the morning, Family Member #263 described the shower on the hallway as having tiles falling off the wall and said the condition had persisted for roughly a year. Less than 25 minutes later, inspectors were standing in the room themselves, accompanied by a licensed practical nurse.
The LPN, identified in the report as LPN #300, confirmed what inspectors were seeing. The tiles were off the wall. They were lying in a pile on the floor. The toilet was broken. There was feces on the toilet. She did not dispute any of it.
A certified nursing assistant, CNA #249, told inspectors the tiles in that bathroom had been broken for a while. She said she wasn't sure exactly how long.
East Park Care Center had 48 residents at the time of the inspection. The 11 residents assigned to that hallway, including residents identified in the report as #7, #15, #22, #24, #33, #35, #38, #40, #43, #45, and #47, were using a shower room with a broken, unsealed toilet covered in feces, open holes in the walls, and debris scattered across the floor.
The facility's own policy, titled Resident Environmental Quality and dated August 2023, stated that the building was to be maintained to provide a safe, functional, sanitary, and comfortable environment. The shower room on that hallway was none of those things.
CMS cited the facility under F0921, which covers the physical environment, and classified the level of harm as minimal harm or potential for actual harm. The violation affected some residents.
What the citation does not capture is the timeline. A family member believed the tiles had been deteriorating for close to a year. A nursing assistant confirmed the damage had been present for a while. The broken toilet seal, the feces, the exposed holes, the pile of tile on the floor — none of it suggested a recent accident or sudden failure. It suggested a room that had been left to come apart, piece by piece, while residents continued to use it.
The LPN who walked through the room with inspectors that morning didn't offer an explanation for how long the conditions had existed or why they hadn't been corrected. The inspection report doesn't record one being given.
Eleven residents, a broken toilet, a year of falling tiles, and a pile of rubble in the corner of the shower where they bathed.
Full Inspection Report
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EAST PARK CARE CENTER in BROOK PARK, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 14, 2025.
The toilet was broken off its seal in the floor.
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.