Nearly a week after flash flooding soaked parts of Cincinnati, a local family says their loved one and other residents at the Arc at Cincinnati nursing home on Rosslyn Drive were left living in flooded, unsanitary conditions inside the building. The woman says her brother sent her photos of standing water pooled inside his room, and when she went to see him this week, she found several immobile residents being kept in a vending-machine room. Family members are now pushing for resident transfers or for city officials to step in.
As reported by FOX19, the woman said she walked into that vending area and saw “five people in the vending machine room,” including one man “laying there with a diaper on” and another “with a t-shirt,” and that, in her words, they “have been laying like that since Friday.” The station reports that a FOX19 journalist called the Arc at Cincinnati several times on Wednesday asking to speak with a manager and was hung up on each time, and that an email to the facility had not been returned as of publication.
Facility background and operator response
The Arc at Cincinnati is operated by the Arcadia Care network. According to Arcadia Care, the campus at 4001 Rosslyn Drive offers long-term care, short-term rehab and private rooms. Family members and reporters say that when this story was first reported, calls and emails to the campus went unanswered.
Federal oversight flagged in June
Federal records show that Arc at Cincinnati appears on CMS’ Special Focus Facility candidaten list as of June 2026, a designation used for nursing homes that have repeated or serious quality problems. That status can trigger increased oversight from state surveyors and CMS, including more frequent full onsite inspections.
Flood risk and local storm context
Public property records indicate the Arc at Cincinnati campus sits in a designated floodplain, which helps explain the interior flooding after the intense summer storms. A property listing for 4001 Rosslyn Drive notes the site is in Flood Zone AE, and local coverage has tied the interior problems to the flash flooding that hit the area earlier this week, see the property record on LoopNet and reporting by FOX19.
What families want and next steps
Family members say they want residents moved into safer quarters or for city officials to help arrange immediate alternative care, and they have urged the facility to be more transparent about conditions inside. With Arc at Cincinnati on the Special Focus Facility candidate list, advocates note that state and federal surveyors have tools available, including more frequent onsite surveys, to verify what is happening in the building and require corrections if needed.
