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The Laurels of Walden Park

5700 KARL ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43229
(614) 846-5420
225 licensed beds
★★★★★1/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections3/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
225
CMS facility ID
365379
Care type
Nursing home
County
Franklin
Facility name
The Laurels of Walden Park
Street address
5700 KARL ROAD
City / state / ZIP
Columbus, OH 43229
Phone
(614) 846-5420

The Laurels of Walden Park is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Ohio. It is licensed for 225 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Ohio (86 beds).

It is one of 133 senior care facilities in Columbus and 922 skilled nursing facilities across Ohio. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited The Laurels of Walden Park 77 times across 17 inspections in the last three years, and CMS has imposed $114,649 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Laurel Health Care Holdings, Inc.
Indirect owner — 100% stake — since 2018
Laurel Ohio Operations Group, Llc
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2018
Khan, Anis
Governing body · Additional disclosable party — since 2018
Laurel Acquisition Holding Corporation
Indirect owner — since 2018
Laurel Health Care Company
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018
Mason, James
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Qazi, Mohammad
Governing body · Operational control · Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 2018
Slaybaugh, Randall
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Stobb, David
Additional disclosable party — since 2018

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
1 naming this facility — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1978-07-24
CMS overall rating
1 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
20 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$114,649 total
Last standard inspection
2025-08-13
Nurse staffing
3.9 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$365 per day (≈ $11,100/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
33% Medicaid · 1% Medicare · 66% private/other
Occupancy
90% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
right at the OH median of $364/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
225
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2025-10-09Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0686
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2025-11-11
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-11-11
2025-08-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered18 citations
F-0578
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0583
D · No harm found
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0584
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0610
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0656
E · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0677
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0685
D · No harm found
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0686
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2025-11-11
F-0688
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-11-11
F-0695
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0697
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0699
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0761
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0880
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0919
D · No harm found
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Corrected 2025-10-09
F-0925
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Corrected 2025-10-09
14 earlier / fire-safety inspections (57 citations)
2025-04-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-04-24
F-0692
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2025-04-24
F-0755
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2025-04-24
F-0757
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Corrected 2025-04-24
2025-02-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0600
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2025-02-27
F-0610
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2025-02-27
2024-11-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-12-12
F-0773
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Corrected 2024-12-12
2024-10-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-11-11
2024-08-28Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-09-26
2024-01-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-01-15
2023-11-15Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0584
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2023-12-11
2023-10-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0761
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2023-12-11
2023-08-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2023-09-11
2023-04-27Health inspection11 citations
F-0550
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0640
D · No harm found
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0679
D · No harm found
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0690
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0758
D · No harm found
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0759
D · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2023-05-18
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-05-18
2022-11-08Health inspection8 citations
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0604
D · No harm found
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0644
D · No harm found
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0645
D · No harm found
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0684
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0688
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0698
D · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2022-12-01
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-12-01
2025-08-13Fire-safety inspection11 citations
K-0211
E · No harm found
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0271
E · No harm found
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0293
E · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0372
E · No harm found
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0374
E · No harm found
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0741
F · No harm found
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Corrected 2025-10-09
K-0915
F · No harm found
Have proper power supply for life support equipment.
Corrected 2025-09-09
K-0920
E · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2025-10-09
2023-04-27Fire-safety inspection5 citations
K-0222
F · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2023-05-18
K-0223
E · No harm found
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Corrected 2023-05-18
K-0271
E · No harm found
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
Corrected 2023-05-18
K-0345
F · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2023-05-18
K-0521
F · No harm found
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Corrected 2023-05-18
2022-11-08Fire-safety inspection8 citations
K-0225
E · No harm found
Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.
Corrected 2023-02-01
K-0351
E · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2022-12-01
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2023-02-01
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2022-12-01
K-0372
E · No harm found
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Corrected 2022-12-01
K-0781
F · No harm found
Have restrictions on the use of portable space heaters.
Corrected 2022-12-01
K-0915
F · No harm found
Have proper power supply for life support equipment.
K-0923
E · No harm found
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Corrected 2022-12-01

Federal penalties

2025-08-13Fine$103,669
2024-11-26Fine$10,980
2025-08-13Medicare payment denial — 62 days
Total fines$114,649
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 365379.
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Ownership & corporate history

Primary tier
Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered