Nursing home
Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
920 Thurber Drive West, Columbus, OH 43215 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Garden Healthcare Group (6 facilities) · 104 certified beds
Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Columbus, Ohio. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.40 hours per resident per day, below the Ohio average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Mar 6, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $205,182In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the Ohio and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Ohio avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.40 | 3.72 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.31 | 0.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.05 | 2.14 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 62.2% | 49.8% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $205,182, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 920 Thurber Drive West
Columbus, OH 43215 - CMS certification #
- 365315
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 104
- Avg residents/day
- 93.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1975-02-10
- Chain
- Garden Healthcare Group (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Garden Healthcare Group
Garden Healthcare Group operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Garden Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation, secured outdoor area
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour skilled nursing care: Round-the-clock nursing staff and a medical director to provide ongoing care, medication administration, and monitoring of vital signs.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
If a resident needs a medical appointment off grounds during their stay we can help book that appointment for them, arrange transportation, and will even accompany them to an appointment (upon request).
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
Beautiful Enclosed Garden In The Heart Of The Building
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
With a variety of recreational activities, convenient amenities, and both private and semi-private rooms we aim to provide care in an engaging and comfortable environment.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Feb 17, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 11, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ohio State University State Health System, Columbus. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ohio Living Westminster-thurber, Columbus. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Summit Orthopaedic Home Care, Grandview Heights. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 43215 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Greater Columbus Regional Dialysis, Columbus, 1.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Osuim Kidney Centers-Campus, Columbus, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Grant Park, Columbus, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 21 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 43215.
Mount Carmel Hospice, office in Columbus, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Nationwide Children'S Hospital Homecare, office in Columbus, 2.0 miles away, straight line
Ohiohealth Hospice With Compassus, office in Columbus, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Pai Participant 1 LLC, Columbus. 0.6 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.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
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 high, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very 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.
What we checked
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.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center staffed?
Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center reports 3.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Ohio average of 3.72.
Has Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have?
Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is certified for 104 beds.