Legacy Barberton

    85 3rd St SE, Barberton, OH, 44203
    3.4 · 34 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Compassionate staff, chronic neglect persists

    I'm torn. The nurses, aides and therapy team who cared for my family were compassionate, attentive and helped with rehab - the building and grounds were clean and some staff went above and beyond. But chronic understaffing and poor management led to repeated safety and hygiene failures: late meds, ignored call lights, catheter/incontinence neglect, urine/mold odors, reports of theft and other unsafe incidents, and spotty maintenance and food service. Admissions/discharge communication and licensure handling felt unreliable. I'm grateful for the caring staff, but I wouldn't trust this facility for long-term care without major oversight and improvement.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    3.38 · 34 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      4.5
    • Value

      3.4

    Pros

    • Caring and compassionate individual staff members
    • Dedicated therapists and effective rehab teams
    • Housekeeping that keeps rooms and grounds clean
    • Family-like community atmosphere for some residents
    • Good location and pleasant surroundings
    • Enjoyable activities (bingo, morning conversations, coffee)
    • Admissions staff and some nurses who are helpful and communicative
    • Rehab that improved independence for some residents
    • Supportive administrator reported by some families
    • Facility clean in many reports and convenient for respite stays

    Cons

    • Unqualified, uncaring, or indifferent administration/management
    • Chronic understaffing and insufficient aides/nurses
    • Unsafe clinical care (catheter mismanagement, infections)
    • Poor discharge and rehab planning, lack of family communication
    • Medication delays and inconsistent medication administration
    • Incontinence neglect (no briefs, saturation, overflowed bags)
    • Theft of residents’ belongings and alleged staff theft
    • Unprofessional or 'fake' staff (allegations of fake nurses/medication passers)
    • Poor food quality or inconsistent meal service
    • Sanitation and odor problems (mold, mildew, urine/feces smell)
    • Unresponsive call lights and slow staff response
    • Safety concerns (residents loitering/high in parking lot, police involvement)
    • Alleged hidden/fake positive reviews and review suppression
    • Facility maintenance issues (roof problems) and wheelchair/hospital referral restrictions
    • Staff discrimination and inconsistent treatment across residents

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is sharply polarized but leans negative when aggregated: there are repeated, specific accounts of serious care and safety failures alongside multiple reports praising individual staff and therapy outcomes. The most common positive themes are that some nurses, aides, and therapists are compassionate, communicative, and effective—families describe therapists who helped residents regain independence, housekeeping that kept rooms and grounds clean, and a small number of administrators and admissions staff who went above and beyond. Activities such as bingo and morning social time, a family-like atmosphere for some residents, and a convenient location were also noted as strengths in many reviews.

    Conversely, the negative reports are frequent and often severe. A large portion of reviews describe chronic understaffing and overwhelmed aides, which reviewers link directly to neglectful care: prolonged incontinence episodes, saturated briefs or no briefs provided, overflowed catheter bags left for hours, and late or missed medications. Several reviewers reported explicit unsafe clinical practices — debris in catheter lines, patients discharged with active infections, and nurses or aides cleaning overflow with inadequate materials (e.g., a paper towel). These clinical safety issues are coupled with complaints of poor discharge planning and lack of family consultation, including a cited missed social worker discharge meeting and discharges that families felt were premature.

    Management, communications, and operations are recurring pain points. Multiple reviews accuse administration of indifference or incompetence, failing to resolve ongoing problems, and not supporting floor staff. There are allegations of hidden or fake positive reviews posted by employees and assertions that management does not adequately investigate theft or address staffing shortages. Specific operational complaints include medication passes that are often late, room phones missing, roof and maintenance problems, and restrictions or misrepresentations about rehab that led to problematic hospital referrals. Some reviewers report discriminatory behavior by staff and inconsistent responsiveness from the office when relatives raise concerns.

    Facility cleanliness and safety are inconsistent: while many reviewers praised clean rooms and helpful housekeeping, others reported mold/mildew smells, urine and feces odors, and general sanitation concerns. Safety concerns extend beyond hygiene—reports include witnessed theft of belongings, residents using drugs in parking areas, and at least one review mentioning police involvement. There are also claims of unprofessional behavior by staff, including “fake” nurses merely passing Tylenol and petty or uncaring nurses, which compounds family anxiety about resident wellbeing.

    Despite the many criticisms, several detailed positive accounts show that care quality can be high depending on staffing, shifts, or particular departments. Multiple families explicitly said their loved ones received excellent care, with attentive, communicative staff and therapy teams that produced measurable improvements. These contrasting accounts suggest significant variability in resident experience — some units, shifts, or staff members perform well, while others fail to meet basic standards.

    In summary, reviews paint a picture of a facility with notable strengths in individual staff dedication, therapy/recovery potential, and occasional strong management and housekeeping, but also with persistent systemic problems: staffing shortages, inconsistent care, safety and infection-control lapses, poor discharge communication, and concerns about theft and unprofessional conduct. The pattern is one of high variability—excellent experiences reported by some families coexist with alarming reports of neglect and unsafe clinical practice by others. Prospective residents or family members should treat these reviews as signaling the need for detailed, specific inquiries (staffing ratios, infection control protocols, discharge procedures, security, and on-shift supervision) and should seek recent, unit-specific information and direct observations before making placement decisions.

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    About Legacy Barberton

    Legacy Barberton sits in a modern building and offers a wide range of care for seniors, including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and short-term rehab in a post-acute setting, and folks come here often for recovery between the hospital and going home, or for longer stays needing nursing care with 24/7 support, and they're able to pay with Medicare or Medicaid since the place is certified by CMS and has 104 certified beds and 120 licensed beds, with an average of 83 people living there each day. Residents get regular help from certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses, together providing 3.11 hours of care per person daily-though that's a bit lower than what you'd see across Ohio-and folks also get physical, occupational, and speech therapy if they need it, along with wound care and help for people recovering from strokes, orthopedic injuries, or heart and lung problems, plus palliative and hospice care if that's needed. There's always someone around to help, with a 24-hour call system for emergencies and 12- to 16-hour daily, in-person nursing support, and a full staff that helps with bathing, dressing, and handling medications, which is good to know for families who want peace of mind, and since the facility works with Summa Health System as a Tier 1 partner, it's connected to a bigger network of healthcare providers. Physical health gets special attention with their wellness center, state-of-the-art rehab gym, and outdoor spaces, while daily activities, resident-run groups, and social events fill up the schedule so people can stay busy or make friends, and staff also help with mental wellness and bring in programs meant to support folks' psychological health. The community's designed to feel friendly and home-like, with furnished rooms, private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and amenities like air conditioning, cable, wifi, laundry, housekeeping, and common rooms for games, meals, or relaxing, as well as a small library and garden areas where folks can visit or unwind. People using assisted living get help with meals, daily tasks, housekeeping, and medication, and for those with Alzheimer's or dementia, memory care is offered, though it usually costs a bit more. There's transportation both run by the community and arranged for outside appointments, and help with move-in coordination, concierge needs, and even support for assistance animals or service animals. The facility has been managed by Dmd Management Inc since December 2022 and is affiliated with Legacy Health Services, and the ownership structure involves Buckeye Chai Holding Company LLC and other indirect owners, all of which means the place has stable business connections behind the scenes. While Legacy Barberton is a 5-star Medicare & Medicaid skilled nursing facility, inspection reports have shown some areas needing work, like 20 deficiencies in total-some related to infection control and resident rights about transfer and discharge paperwork-and nurse turnover is higher than the state average at 59.5%, so that's something to keep in mind. The professional staff, including doctors like Jonathan Vogt, DO, and others, takes residents' medical concerns seriously and follows individualized treatment plans, and services adjust to the needs of both folks who want independent living with cleaning and meals and those who need more hands-on help. There's always plenty for residents to do, from activities, planned day trips, and organized events to just enjoying the comfortable, well-kept spaces for relaxing or visiting with family.

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