Nursing home
Indianspring of Oakley
4900 Babson Place, Cincinnati, OH 45227 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Carespring (16 facilities) · 144 certified beds
Indianspring of Oakley is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cincinnati, Ohio. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.76 hours per resident per day, above the Ohio average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Jul 1, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $26,685In CMS records: 2 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 Indianspring of Oakley 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) | 3.76 | 3.72 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.22 | 2.14 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 61.7% | 49.8% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the July 1, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 21, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $26,685, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Indianspring of Oakley
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 15, 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 · Jun 4, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2023
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
- 4900 Babson Place
Cincinnati, OH 45227 - CMS certification #
- 366380
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 144
- Avg residents/day
- 126.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2009-11-04
- Chain
- Carespring (16 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Carespring
Carespring operates 16 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Carespring facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Kitchen 5 inspections by Cincinnati Health Department since 2024; latest Approved - Minor Violations (June 2026)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Cincinnati Health Department: Indianspring
- Jun 25, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
2 violations
- III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance. Inspector’s note: Access to handwashing facility blocked. Observed hand sinks over by food prep sink and by main line area blocked with boxes and carts. PIC moved items blocking sinks to ensure employees are washing hands.
- Equipment and Utensils - Air-Drying. Inspector’s note: Equipment and utensils are not being air dried or allowed to drain adequately after sanitizing. Observed pans that were not drained adequately after sanitizing. Make sure they don't get stacked right away.
- Jan 15, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
1 violation
- Precleaning methods. Inspector’s note: Excess food debris on equipment and utensils not removed before cleaning.
- Apr 28, 2025 (routine / critical control point): Approved - No Violations. No violations listed.
- Dec 19, 2024 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
1 violation
- Food Storage. Inspector’s note: Food items are not protected from contamination during storage. Food stored on the floor in the walk in cooler
- Apr 22, 2024 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
4 violations
- Food Storage containers. Inspector’s note: Working containers of food are not properly labeled. Missing label for one food container.
- IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility. Inspector’s note: No manager has level 2 certification in food protection.
- VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment cleanliness. Inspector’s note: Food-contact surfaces were dirty. Food contact surfaces are not clean to the sight and touch coming out of the dish washer still have labels on the containers after washing .
- Equipment and utensils - air-drying required. Inspector’s note: Equipment and utensils are not being air dried or allowed to drain adequately after sanitizing. dishes stored wet Dishes shall be air dry before storing
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.
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Indianspring of Oakley says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Ongoing, 24/7 nursing care for chronic conditions and complex needs
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
At Carespring, we work collaboratively with hospice providers to ensure our residents are surrounded by kindness and compassion in a calming, familiar setting.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: companion suite, private room.
Well-appointed private rooms and companion suites
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health, Cincinnati. 3.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- St. Theresa Care Center, Cincinnati. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Home Care Partners Of Cincinnati, Inc, Cincinnati. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 45227 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Silverton Dialysis, Cincinnati, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Us Renal Care Of Kenwood, Cincinnati, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Infiniti Dialysis Center Of Cincinnati, LLC, Cincinnati, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 19 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 45227.
Heartland Hospice (Cincinnati), office in Cincinnati, 2.0 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of Southwest Ohio, Inc, office in Cincinnati, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Northstar Home Hospice LLC, office in Cincinnati, 2.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Christ Hospital Medical Associates, LLC, Cincinnati. 2.0 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 moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, 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 | Nothing on record |
| Cincinnati Health Department kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 Indianspring of Oakley a good nursing home?
CMS gives Indianspring of Oakley an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Indianspring of Oakley staffed?
Indianspring of Oakley reports 3.76 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Ohio average of 3.72.
Has Indianspring of Oakley had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Indianspring of Oakley have?
Indianspring of Oakley is certified for 144 beds.