Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc
Nursing Home Facility
3756 W Erie Ave, Lorain, OH 44053
Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc is a senior care community located in Lorain, OH. It provides assisted living, nursing home care, continuing care (CCRC), and senior living for older adults in the Lorain area. To learn more or schedule a tour, call (440) 244-2019.
Operated by Sprenger Health Care Systems, which runs 9 communities in our directory.
Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc is licensed for 80 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Lorain average about 98 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 86% of its licensed beds.
Medicare rates this community 3 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Lorain average about 3.8 stars. Its most recent standard health inspection was in December 2025 and recorded 4 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.4 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 51%.
The community is located in Lorain County, OH.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 34 problems at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc. 2 findings involved harm to a resident, including 1 that put residents in immediate danger. 9 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $20,678.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Pharmacy Service
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc offers assisted living, nursing home care, continuing care (CCRC), and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit corporation
- Beds / units 80
- Occupancy 86%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.3
- Annual staff turnover 51%
- Last health inspection December 2025
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