Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking a court order to shut down a Northern Ohio nursing home following a report detailing serious care failures putting residents in “real and present danger.”
The Ohio Department of Health issued a report on Jan. 2, 2026, indicating that 12 of the 29 residents at House of Loreto in Canton are at serious risk, with six residents having already suffered harm.
The report highlights failures in fundamental care, medication management, and monitoring of residents’ medical conditions.
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Among the most serious findings at the House of Loreto were issues with tracking blood-thinning medications, lack of monitoring for residents with kidney problems—which led to hospitalizations—and poor wound care that resulted in infections. The facility also improperly administered medications without adequate documentation and failed to control narcotics adequately…