The Terrace at Westside

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

Cincinnati Health Department: Westside Terrace

• Oct 12, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  1 violation

  • VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency. Inspector’s note: Food storage equipment is not cleaned frequently enough. Sugar storage container was soiled dirty.
• Apr 20, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Not In Compliance.
  10 violations

  • IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Demonstration of Knowledge (Critical). Inspector’s note: The person in charge was unable to demonstrate the necessary food safety knowledge by having no critical violations during the current inspection.
  • Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities are not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Floors ,walls , light covers for the exhaust fans are dirty .
  • Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency. Inspector’s note: Nonfood-contact surfaces are not cleaned frequently enough. Shelves used to store food are not cleaned frequently enough.
  • Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food. Inspector’s note: Working containers of food are not properly labeled.
  • Single-service articles and Single-use Articles - Use Limitations. Inspector’s note: Single-service articles and single-use articles are reused.
  • X. Chemical - Other Personal care items - Storage. Inspector’s note: Personal care items are not stored in a designated employee storage area.
  • VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking. Inspector’s note: Ready-to-eat, TCS food that was prepared in a food processing plant and subsequently opened in a FSO or a RFE is not properly date marked. Two opened packages of deli meat stored in the reach in cooler without date marked.
  • Wall and ceiling - coverings and coatings. Inspector’s note: Except in areas used only for dry storage, concrete, porous blocks, or bricks, used for indoor wall construction are to be finished and sealed to provide a smooth, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable surface. Wall in the samll kitchen pantrey has chipping paint.
  • Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability. Inspector’s note: Multiuse food-contact surfaces were not accessible for cleaning and inspection without disassembly or by disassembly with common hand tools. Several food containers are broken chipping, stainable.
  • Clean linens.. Inspector’s note: Clean linens were not free from food residues and other soiling matter.
• Feb 17, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  3 violations

  • Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency. Inspector’s note: Nonfood-contact surfaces are not cleaned frequently enough. Observed debris accumulation inside the cabinets of the kitchen. Must be cleaned.
  • V. Food from Approved Source - Food Safe, Unadulterated and Honestly Presented. Inspector’s note: Food is either unsafe, adulterated or not honestly presented. A dented can was observed in the dry storage area. The Person in Charge (PIC) was notified and promptly removed and discarded the can. Dented cans can compromise the hermetic seal, which increases the risk of botulism. Therefore, cans ...
  • Repairing. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities were not maintained in good repair. Observed damaged ceiling tile in the basement. Must be fixed.
• Aug 18, 2025 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  5 violations

  • Removing Dead or Trapped Pests. Inspector’s note: The operator failed to remove dead pest(s) in a timely manner.
  • Repairing. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities were not maintained in good repair. -Observed the ceiling tiles at the cellar area used for storage not in good condition.
  • Controlling Pests. Inspector’s note: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is not being adequately controlled or minimized. Observed the presence dead roaches in the cabinet above the 3-compartment sink. PIC stated that there are pest intervention/control ongoing.
  • Backflow Prevention Device- When Needed. Inspector’s note: An air gap or an approved backflow prevention device is not installed as required.
  • Indoor areas - surface characteristics. Inspector’s note: Indoor floor, wall, or ceiling surfaces are not smooth, durable, and easily cleanable in areas where FSO or RFE activities are conducted. Observed some walls being damaged and the paints peeling off on another side of the walls located in the cellar area used for storage.
• Dec 9, 2024 (routine / standard inspection): Approved - Minor Violations.
  18 violations

  • Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.. Inspector’s note: There are unnecessary or nonfunctional items and /or litter on the premises. Remove non functioning freezer
  • Backflow prevention device. Inspector’s note: An air gap or an approved backflow prevention device is not installed as required.
  • Facilities: Floors, walls, and ceilings. Inspector’s note: The floors coverings, walls coverings, or ceilings are not designed, constructed, and installed so they are smooth and easily cleanable. Chipped paint on pantry walls in kitchen--repair
  • Facilities: Removing pests:. Inspector’s note: The operator failed to remove dead pest(s) in a timely manner.
  • Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.. Inspector’s note: There are unnecessary or nonfunctional items and /or litter on the premises. Remove all unnecessary, unused items. Remove equipment that is not used. Remove damaged freezer from premises. Store all Notebooks in a designated area outside of kitchen
  • Facilities: Cleaning: Frequency. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities are not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Observed soiled floors, walls, shelves etc throughout facility. Build up of soil/mold on dining floor. Remove all foil from shelves.
  • Facilities: Indoor areas - surface characteristics. Inspector’s note: Indoor floor, wall, or ceiling surfaces are not smooth, durable, and easily cleanable in areas where FSO or RFE activities are conducted. Repair damaged walls and strip-repaint walls with peeling paint to enable a smooth cleanable surface. Address water source- Repair/replace damaged ceiling and ...
  • Facilities: Mops: Drying. Inspector’s note: After use, mops are not placed in a position that allows them to air-dry without soiling walls, equipment, or supplies.
  • Equipment, food-contact surfaces, nonfood-contact surfaces, and utensils. Inspector’s note: Non-food contact surfaces are dirty.
  • Facilities: Pest control:. Inspector’s note: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is not being adequately controlled or minimized. Observed adult, baby and juvenile cockroaches crawling among dishes, on walls and floors. Rid premises of pests
  • Backflow prevention device. Inspector’s note: An air gap or an approved backflow prevention device is not installed as required. Three comp sink in kitchen is directly plumbing
  • X. Chemical - Poisonous/toxic material. Inspector’s note: A restricted pesticide was applied by a person who is not a Certified Applicator. Remove RAID from facility. Observed employee spray RAID on live roach in kitchen
  • VII. Protection from Contamination - Preventing Contamination by Separation, Packaging, and Segregation. Inspector’s note: Ready-to-eat food was not protected from cross-contamination by raw animal food. Discontinue storing whole raw eggs adjacent to fruits and vegetables
  • Wiping cloths. Inspector’s note: Wet wiping cloth was not maintained in a sanitizer solution between uses.
  • Facilities: Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed. Inspector’s note: Floor and wall junctures not coved or not closed to no larger than =1/32 inch. Resecure all baseboards to tight seal in kitchen
  • Equipment. Inspector’s note: Equipment and/or components were not maintained in good working order. Worn rolling cart, replace. Kitchen door is not self closing. Kitchen door needs to be planed to enable full closure. Fire doors must be securely hinged for self closure
  • Equipment, utensils, linens, single-service articles, and single-use articles - storage. Inspector’s note: Cleaned equipment or utensils, laundered linens, or single-service or single-use articles are not stored in a clean, dry location, protected from contamination. Clean pans stored adjacent to wall with peeling paint. Observed roaches crawling on clean dishes in cupboards
  • In-use utensils - between-use storage. Inspector’s note: In-use utensils are improperly stored.
• Jul 30, 2024 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  1 violation

  • Facilities: Maintenance: Good repair. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities were not maintained in good repair. -Observed the ceiling tiles in the dry storage room not in good condition. This requires replacement or repair.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Critical: Marked critical in the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code as cited by the city.

How Medicaid pays for care in Ohio

• Assisted Living HCBS Waiver Program (Assisted Living Waiver). Ohio Medicaid's Assisted Living Waiver can pay for services in a licensed residential care facility that the Ohio Department of Aging has certified. A person who is eligible is enrolled only if the waiver has not reached the number of participants the federal government approved for that year. (state page)

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Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. 2.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Ivy Woods Healthcare Center., Cincinnati. 0.9 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Judson Home Care, Cincinnati. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 45214 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Davita Queen City Dialysis, Cincinnati, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Delhi Dialysis, Cincinnati, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Mt Auburn Dialysis, Cincinnati, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)

Hospice

11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 45214.
Ohio Living Village Hospice, office in Cincinnati, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice (Cincinnati), office in Cincinnati, 8.4 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of Cincinnati, Inc, office in Cincinnati, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

University Of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC, Cincinnati. 2.7 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.