Lincoln Crawford Care Center

Kitchen inspections

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

Cincinnati Health Department: Lincoln Crawford Care Center

• Jul 14, 2026 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  7 violations

  • Drying Mops. Inspector’s note: After use, mops are not placed in a position that allows them to air-dry without soiling walls, equipment, or supplies. In use mop observed not hanging to dry when not in use.
  • Outer Openings - Protected. Inspector’s note: Outer openings of a food facility were not protected against the entry of insects and rodents. Observed back door left open by kitchen facility. Observed back door is not properly sealed against pests when closed.
  • Toilet room receptacle - covered. Inspector’s note: There is no covered receptacle in women's/unisex bathroom.
  • VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking. Inspector’s note: Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food that is prepared in the food facility and held refrigerated for more than 24 hours is not properly date marked. Sliced meats in cooler were observed not properly date marked. +COS
  • Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions. Inspector’s note: The physical facilities are not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Observed dust buildup on ceiling and vents near food prep area.
  • Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality. Inspector’s note: Temperature measuring devices are missing, not correctly placed, not readable, or of improper design. Thermometer in cooler not placed correctly. +COS
  • Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures. Inspector’s note: A storage area and enclosure for refuse, recyclables, or returnables is to be maintained clean and free of unnecessary items, that is nonfunctional or longer used; and litter. Observed area next to trash dumpster with litter and refuse on the ground around it.
• Jan 6, 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-contact surfaces or utensils not cleaned when they were contaminated. Observed personal items that were contaminating plates. Spoke with person in charge about storing personal items away to prevent contamination.
• Jul 17, 2025 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  2 violations

  • VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency. Inspector’s note: Food-contact surfaces or utensils not cleaned when they were contaminated. Observed clean dishes with a cellphone stored on the food contact surface. Had PIC re-wash plates that were contaminated. +COS
  • Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability. Inspector’s note: Multiuse food-contact surfaces were not smooth or free of breaks, open seams, cracks, chips, inclusions, pits, sharp internal angles, space corners, or crevices. Observed plastic cutting board with deep scores and chips of plastic. Gave to PIC to be discarded. +COS
• Feb 13, 2025 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  2 violations

  • Closing Toilet Room Doors. Inspector’s note: Toilet room doors are not being kept closed during normal business times.
  • X. Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name. Inspector’s note: Working containers of poisonous/toxic materials are not labeled. Observed unlabeled chemical spray bottle in mop storage room. PIC discarded bottle.
• Oct 4, 2024 (routine / critical control point): Approved - Minor Violations.
  3 violations

  • Plumbing system. Inspector’s note: Plumbing system is not maintained in good repair. Air gap needs repaired due to backflow of water out of bottom portion of the pipe. Please have a certified plumber come out and clean the drain to prevent backflow of waste water.
  • VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment cleanliness. Inspector’s note: Food-contact surfaces were dirty. Observed mold buildup in ice machine. Had operator discontinue ice until machine has been fully cleaned.
  • Facilities: Employee accommodations: Location. Inspector’s note: Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, and use tobacco are located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are not protected from contamination. Observed personal drinks in food service areas, please keep all drinks on the lowest shelf so that if a spill ...

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.

Cincinnati Health Department: Lincoln Crawford Care Center

• Mar 6, 2024 (routine / standard inspection): Abated.
  4 violations

  • Violation - Facilities: Cleaning: Frequency The physical facilities are not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean.. Inspector’s note: Violation has been abated
  • Violation - Facilities-outer openings protected Outer openings of a food facility were not protected against the entry of insects and rodents.. Inspector’s note: Violation has been abated
  • Violation - Facilities-floors, walls, ceilings design The floors and coverings, walls and coverings, or ceilings are not designed, constructed, and installed so they are smooth and easily cleanable.. Inspector’s note: Violation has been abated
  • Violation - Equipment cleanliness-Nonfood-contact Non-food contact surfaces are dirty.. Inspector’s note: Violation has been abated

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 Lincoln Crawford Care 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.

• Offers respite or short-term stays. We offer short-term rehabilitation, long-term care and respite stays. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Nurse on site: 24 hours a day. 24/7 nursing care (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

Federal wage and hour cases

The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.

• Findings for Mar 1, 2003 to Feb 19, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,579 owed to 5 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Lincoln Crawford. Case 1392480.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC, Cincinnati. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Carecore at Margaret Hall, Cincinnati. 0.8 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Children'S Hospital Home Health, Cincinnati. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Equitas Medical Center and Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 45206 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Dci - Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Med Ctr, Cincinnati, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Davita Mt Auburn Dialysis, Cincinnati, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)

Hospice

16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 45206.
Constellation Hospice, office in Cincinnati, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Starshine Hospice Of Childrens Hospital, office in Cincinnati, 0.8 miles away, straight line
Heartland Hospice (Cincinnati), office in Cincinnati, 4.1 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

University Of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC, Cincinnati. 1.3 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, 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.