Best Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania — 2026 Rankings
Pennsylvania has 658 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. The state averages 31.3 deficiencies per facility, with 6 facilities receiving zero citations in their latest CMS survey cycle. Rankings below are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Top-Ranked Facilities (Fewest Deficiencies)
- Dock Terrace — Lansdale (0 deficiencies)
- Fairmount Homes — Ephrata (0 deficiencies)
- Tel Hai Retirement Community — Honey Brook (0 deficiencies)
- Trillium Place — Lancaster (0 deficiencies)
- Willowbrooke Court Skd Care Center At Lima Estates — Lima (0 deficiencies)
- Willowbrooke Court-Southampton — Southampton (0 deficiencies)
- Barclay Friends — West Chester (1 deficiencies)
- Community At Rockhill, The — Sellersville (1 deficiencies)
- Frederick Living - Cedarwood — Frederick (1 deficiencies)
- Glen At Willow Valley — Lancaster (1 deficiencies)
- Haven Convalescent Home, Inc — New Castle (1 deficiencies)
- Hrh Transitional Care Unit(a D/B/A Entity Of Hrhs) — Meadowbrook (1 deficiencies)
- Lakeside At Willow Valley — Willow Street (1 deficiencies)
- Landis Homes — Lititz (1 deficiencies)
- Lebanon Valley Brethren Home — Palmyra (1 deficiencies)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu — Allentown (1 deficiencies)
- Masonic Village At Warminster — Warminster (1 deficiencies)
- Rehabilitation Center At Brethren Village LLC — Lancaster (1 deficiencies)
- Shenango Presbyterian Seniorcare — New Wilmington (1 deficiencies)
- Transitional Sub-Acute Unit — Wyomissing (1 deficiencies)
- Tunkhannock Rehabilitation & Health Care Center — Tunkhannock (1 deficiencies)
- Willowbrooke Court-Spring Hous — Lower Gwynedd (1 deficiencies)
- Willowbrooke Ctskdcarectr Atnormandy Farms Estates — Blue Bell (1 deficiencies)
- Beaumont At Bryn Mawr — Bryn Mawr (2 deficiencies)
- Bradford Ecumenical Home, Inc — Bradford (2 deficiencies)
Most-Cited Compliance Areas in Pennsylvania
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 5,954 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 3,324 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,765 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,953 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 1,819 citations
Compare to Other States
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- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
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- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families