Washington Square Healthcare Center: Ostomy Care Failure - OH
The inspection, completed May 29, 2026, produced 10 separate deficiency citations. Among them was a finding under the regulatory category covering quality of life and care: the facility had failed to provide appropriate care for a resident with a colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy.
Ostomies are surgical openings created when a portion of the digestive or urinary tract can no longer function normally. A resident living with one depends entirely on nursing staff to manage the pouching system, monitor the surrounding skin, and respond when something goes wrong. When that care breaks down, the consequences move fast. Skin around the stoma can break down within hours. Infections can follow. A pouch that isn't properly secured can leak, leaving a resident sitting in waste.
The inspection was triggered by a complaint, meaning someone, whether a resident, a family member, or another source, contacted regulators before inspectors arrived. The facility did not catch this on its own.
Inspectors classified the ostomy finding as a scope and severity level D, the lowest tier on a scale that runs to L. Level D means the problem was isolated and caused no documented actual harm. It does not mean the situation was without consequence. At level D, regulators have determined there was potential for more than minimal harm. For a resident whose pouching system was not being managed correctly, that potential was not hypothetical.
Washington Square Healthcare Center reported a plan of correction on the same day inspectors completed their visit.
That timeline is worth pausing on. A plan of correction submitted the day inspectors wrap up a complaint investigation can reflect genuine urgency. It can also reflect a facility moving quickly to satisfy paperwork requirements. The inspection report does not describe what corrective steps the facility committed to, how many residents with ostomies live at the facility, or how long the lapse in care had been occurring before the complaint brought inspectors through the door.
What the report does say is that this was one deficiency among ten. A complaint investigation that yields ten citations is not a facility with one isolated problem. It is a facility where inspectors, arriving because someone was concerned enough to file a complaint, found issues spread across enough areas to fill a list that long.
The facility has not commented publicly on the findings.
For the resident at the center of the ostomy citation, the inspection record ends there. No name, no description of what specifically was wrong with their care, no account of how long they had been waiting for someone to get it right. The regulatory machinery processed the finding, accepted a correction plan, and moved on.
The resident, whoever they are, still lives there.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Washington Square Healthcare Center from 2026-05-29 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER in WARREN, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 29, 2026.
The inspection, completed May 29, 2026, produced 10 separate deficiency citations.
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.