CCN 366044 · Paulding County, Ohio
Gardens of Paulding the
199 County Road 103, Paulding, OH 45879
Gardens of Paulding the is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Paulding, Ohio, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1996. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 38.4 residents a day, about 77% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 50
- Average residents per day
- 38.4 (76.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Gardens at Paulding Operating Company, LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 20, 1996
- Chain or affiliated group
- Lionstone Care (24 facilities, chain average 2.5 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Ohio median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 118 at 1, 216 at 2, 180 at 3, 190 at 4, 209 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.28 | 3.57 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.88 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.9% | 48.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 76.8% | 87.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 9 (Sep 11, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Gardens of Paulding the meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionstone Hz Opco Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/2023 |
| Kazarnovsky, SolomonIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 50% | 01/01/2023 |
| Stein, AbbaIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 50% | 01/01/2023 |
| Cusner, AdamIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/27/2025 |
| Degyansky, JeffreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2023 |
| Goldish, EliezerIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/09/2023 |
| Kazarnovsky, SolomonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2023 |
| Stein, AbbaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2023 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2020 | Gardens at Paulding Operating Company, LLC | Healthcare Ventures of Ohio LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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