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Lutheran Home

1036 South Perry Street, Napoleon, OH 43545 · 27 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Worth a closer look: 4 findings not yet confirmed as corrected; staff turnover of 77% is well above the state average.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★
Above average · 4 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.04
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 3.44
Weekend RN coverage
−30%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
77%
state average 49%
4 findings not yet confirmed as corrected
A correction plan is on file for these, but Medicare has not yet recorded a completed correction date.
Staff turnover of 77% is well above the state average
The average across this state is 49%. High turnover makes continuity of care harder.
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.
Registered nurse staffing above the state average
0.80 hours per resident per day, against a state average of 0.60.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.80 hrs
Weekends
0.56 hrs
OH average
0.60 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 30% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 77%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 41 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
37
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
4

4 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. 4 citations are not yet recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Amonette, Casey Operational or managerial control 12/01/2021
Barror, Jeffery Operational or managerial control 09/14/2021
Cocke, Amber Operational or managerial control 12/07/2021
Dumke, James Managing employee 09/24/2001
Marshall, William Managing employee, Corporate director, Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control 02/01/2015
Schalk, Lorinda Managing employee, Corporate director, Corporate officer 01/01/2014
Schulte, Jeffery Managing employee 09/16/2007
Suber, Ladina Operational or managerial control 12/15/2021
Bauerle, Stephen Corporate director 04/16/2023
Bowe, Stephen Corporate director 04/16/2023
Dempsey, Jeffrey Corporate director 04/16/2023
Marshall, Anita Corporate director 04/07/2022
Rahe, Kevin Corporate director 07/01/2021
Sieben, Paul Corporate director 07/01/2021
Synder, Mark Corporate director 07/01/2021
Warner, Melissa Corporate director, Corporate officer 04/07/2022
Wunschel, Lee Corporate director, Corporate officer 01/01/2017

Of the 17 parties disclosed here, 0 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Northcrest Rehab and Nursing Center
Napoleon
1.6 3 0.49 −27%
Vancrest Health Care Ctr of Ho
Holgate
8.7 4 0.60 −15%
Fulton Manor Nursing & Rehab C
Wauseon
11.2 5 1.43 −47%
Ayden Healthcare of Wauseon
Wauseon
11.5 3 0.68 −43%
Grand Rapids Care Center
Grand Rapids
13.3 5 0.90 +11%
Fairlawn Haven
Archbold
13.9 5 0.31 −16%
Brookview Healthcare Center
Defiance
14.4 2 0.32 −18%
Laurels of Defiance The
Defiance
15.1 4 0.50 −38%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Turnover here is about 77%. How long has the director of nursing been in post?
  3. 4 findings are not confirmed as corrected yet. Where do those stand?
  4. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.