Beachwood Pointe Care Center: Kitchen Safety Failures - OH
When a certified nurse aide opened the bag during the September 9 inspection at Beachwood Pointe Care Center, the smell hit immediately. CNA #316 confirmed what inspectors could already see: the patties were moldy. The bag had no resident name on it, no open date, and the original use-by date was no longer readable. Two cheeseburgers sat on a paper plate nearby, also unlabeled, also undated. The front of the refrigerator was crusted with dried food and fingerprints. The handle was sticky.
The 102-bed facility on Chagrin Boulevard had 36 residents living on that second floor.
When inspectors asked the Food Service Director about who was responsible for checking the unit refrigerator, she said she thought nursing staff handled it on each floor. When they asked the CNA, she said dietary was supposed to do it. Nobody had been doing it.
The problems in the main kitchen were older and more extensive. During an initial kitchen tour that same morning, inspectors found six packages of dinner rolls and a package of hot dog buns, all with best-by dates of September 6. It was September 9. Food Service Director #344 confirmed the bread should have been thrown out over the weekend.
The walk-in refrigerator held more. A one-pound container of diced tomatoes, use-by date September 1. A two-pound container of sliced onions, use-by date September 7. A portion of leftover ham, approximately two pounds, with a use-by date of August 25, more than two weeks earlier. Four five-pound packages of Italian four-cheese blend, best-by date August 29. FSD #344 confirmed every item should have been discarded and had no explanation for why they were still there.
The ham had been sitting in that refrigerator for fifteen days past its use-by date.
The cleaning records were nearly as troubling. FSD #344 said each of the facility's three scheduled dietary aides was supposed to fill out a daily cleaning sheet and turn it in. She could not produce any completed logs for August. The September sheets she did have were only partially filled out. She could not explain the gap.
Temperature logs for food served on the tray line told a similar story. The August logs were gone entirely, unavailable for review. The September records that did exist showed dinner temperatures were not recorded on September 6, no temperatures at all were recorded on September 7, and dinner was again missing on September 8, the day before inspectors arrived.
Three consecutive days without complete temperature records, immediately before a complaint inspection.
The facility's own food safety policy, dated 2023, states that perishable foods should be used before their use-by date, that leftovers must be used within 72 hours or discarded, and that any food showing obvious signs of potential foodborne danger, including mold growth or foul odor, must be thrown out. A separate policy on foods brought by family members requires that items in the resident unit refrigerators be labeled with the resident's name, the food item, and a use-by date, and that nursing staff discard anything past its date.
The moldy chicken patties had none of those labels. The cheeseburgers had none either. The refrigerator they were stored in was visibly dirty.
Inspectors classified the violations as having minimal harm or potential for actual harm, a designation that reflects the absence of documented illness rather than an absence of risk. The kitchen serves all 99 residents who eat by mouth. The second-floor refrigerator was accessible to 36 residents on that unit.
The inspection was conducted in response to a complaint. The survey was completed September 16, 2025.
What the records don't show is how long the mold had been growing, or how long the ham had been forgotten in the back of that walk-in refrigerator, or whether anyone on the second floor had eaten something from that lounge before inspectors got there and opened the bag.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Beachwood Pointe Care Center from 2025-09-16 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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BEACHWOOD POINTE CARE CENTER in BEACHWOOD, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 16, 2025.
When a certified nurse aide opened the bag during the September 9 inspection at Beachwood Pointe Care Center, the smell hit immediately.
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.