Franciscan Care Ctr Sylvania: Nurse Arrested Intoxicated - OH
That call came in on the night of December 12, 2025, from inside Franciscan Care Center Sylvania, a 64-bed nursing home in Toledo. When police arrived, they found Licensed Practical Nurse #200 walking through the facility, speaking loudly and using vulgar language in front of residents. His eyes were glossy. His speech was slurred and abnormal. At 12:45 in the morning on December 13, he was arrested for disorderly conduct: public intoxication and offensive behavior or conduct likely to cause alarm.
He had been responsible for 13 residents that night.
The timeline assembled by the facility in the days that followed shows how the situation unfolded. LPN #200 punched in for his shift at 10:20 p.m. on December 12. He received a handoff report from the outgoing nurse, LPN #152, at around 11:00 p.m. Twelve minutes later, at 11:12 p.m., LPN #152 and a certified nursing assistant, CNA #144, drove him to a gas station. He didn't come back to the facility until 11:27 p.m.
CNA #144 told inspectors on December 22 that LPN #200 had convinced LPN #152 to take him. She said she could smell alcohol on him strongly enough that she called the facility's administrator and left a voicemail.
The administrator did not appear to have acted on that voicemail before the 911 call came in.
By the time police were on the premises, LPN #200 had been inside a facility housing 64 residents for more than an hour, responsible for the care of 13 of them, visibly impaired and audible from the hallways. His assigned residents were identified in the inspection report as Residents 3, 5, 16, 18, 25, 32, 34, 47, 56, 60, 65, 66, and 67.
What followed his arrest was an investigation, and that investigation is where federal inspectors found the second failure.
The facility's own policy on abuse, neglect, and exploitation, dated May 22, 2025, requires an immediate investigation whenever suspicion of neglect arises. That investigation is supposed to determine whether neglect occurred, how far it extended, and what caused it. It is supposed to be complete and thorough, with full documentation.
The Director of Nursing told inspectors she reviewed the medical records for all 13 residents assigned to LPN #200, including medication administration records, and determined he had not administered any medication or provided any care to any of them during his shift on December 12. That finding, in one reading, is reassuring. In another, it is the definition of neglect: a nurse responsible for 13 people did nothing for any of them during the hours he was on duty.
The DON confirmed something else to inspectors. The facility had interviewed two residents about the allegation of neglect.
Two.
Eleven residents who had been assigned to an intoxicated nurse, who had been in their building while he walked the halls shouting, who had been left without care for the duration of his shift, were never asked what they had seen, heard, or experienced that night. The inspection report does not indicate that any of those 11 residents were assessed in the wake of the incident, beyond the chart review the DON described.
The federal deficiency cited here, F0610, concerns the facility's obligation to respond appropriately to all alleged violations. The level of harm was rated as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, which is the lower end of the scale. Inspectors tied the finding to Complaint Number 2696625, meaning someone, likely a resident, family member, or staff, had filed a formal complaint that triggered the December 22 inspection.
The inspection report does not name the resident who called 911. It describes her only as a resident of the nursing home who reported her nurse was intoxicated and smelled like alcohol. That act, picking up a phone in the middle of the night and calling emergency services from inside a care facility, is what set the rest of the night in motion.
What the report does not resolve is what those 13 residents experienced between 10:20 p.m., when LPN #200 clocked in, and the moment police arrived. The medication administration records show he gave no medications. The DON's review shows he provided no documented care. The facility's timeline shows he left the building for at least 15 minutes in the company of two colleagues, one of whom smelled alcohol on him and called the administrator. None of that tells the full story of what any individual resident needed that night, whether a call light went unanswered, whether someone waited for pain medication or help turning in bed, whether anyone was frightened by the sounds coming from the hallway.
Those questions could have been answered by talking to the residents. Eleven of them were not asked.
The outgoing nurse, LPN #152, is identified in the timeline as the person who drove LPN #200 to the gas station after receiving a report from him at 11:00 p.m. The inspection report does not describe whether LPN #152 faced any consequences or whether the facility investigated her role in the evening. CNA #144, who was in the car and who called the administrator, is described as a cooperating witness in the investigation.
The report does not say what happened to LPN #200 after his arrest, whether his nursing license was reported to the state board, or whether the facility took any steps beyond the internal investigation. Federal inspection reports document what inspectors found at the time of their visit. What happens next, in licensing proceedings, in state oversight, or inside the facility, is not recorded here.
What is recorded is this: on the night of December 12, 2025, a nurse showed up to work impaired, left the building with two colleagues shortly after taking over his assignment, returned smelling of alcohol, walked through a nursing home shouting and using vulgar language in front of residents, and was eventually arrested. A resident called 911 because no one else had acted.
And when the facility conducted its investigation in the days that followed, it did not speak to 11 of the 13 people who were in that nurse's care.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Franciscan Care Ctr Sylvania from 2025-12-22 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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FRANCISCAN CARE CTR SYLVANIA in TOLEDO, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 22, 2025.
That call came in on the night of December 12, 2025, from inside Franciscan Care Center Sylvania, a 64-bed nursing home in Toledo.
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.