Overview
Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Ohio average of 3.2. It is the highest-rated of the 2 nursing homes in Madison. It scores best on quality of care (4 of 5) and lowest on staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 87% of nursing homes in Ohio (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 28, 2026, found 7 health deficiencies, fewer than the Ohio average of 10.4. 5 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 5 fines totaling $144,478 in the past three years.
Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center is a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 90 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1985.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 50%
Top 89%
Top 91%
Family reviews
- KAugust 2023
Cardinal Woods was awful, staff for the most part are uncaring, lazy, and act as if the residents are a bother. The food looks like garbage. Place is dirty and unkept. No compassion shown residents. Do not leave your loved one here, even if you dislike them.
Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 28, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 7
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 5
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 5 totaling $144,478
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 5
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.17 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.37 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.83 hrs
- Nurse aides1.96 hrs
- Physical therapists0.00 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 90
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- June 5, 1985
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes