161 Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Make US News 'Best' Ratings

PENNSYLVANIA — U.S. News & World Report’s annual ratings of the best nursing homes in the country include 161 in Pennsylvania.

Just under 3,000 nursing homes in the country earned the designation of being a "U.S. News Best Nursing Home" for 2019-20.

Homes were given an overall rating, a rating for short-term rehabilitation care and a new rating this year that evaluates long-term care.

"This year, we introduced a long-term care rating," Zach Adams, a senior health data analyst at U.S. News, told Patch. "This is for people who need ongoing daily assistance in stuff like health-related and personal care."

The overall ratings for nursing homes in 2019-20 are based exclusively on the short-term and long-term care ratings, Adams said.

A strong emphasis was placed on staffing in methodology to compile the "U.S. News Best Nursing Home" ranking for 2019-20. Adams said staffing levels are strongly associated with quality and safety.

"We think everyone deserves to get the right amount of time and attention," Adams said, explaining that the publication measured the percentage of days a nursing home met the federal standards for registered nurse staffing. In addition to having sufficient staff overall, the publication wanted to make sure nursing homes are still meeting some threshold on their less well-staffed days.

Patient outcomes — both positive and negative — are also a key part of the methodology.

In Pennsylvania, 66 homes received the highest overall rating of five, 116 homes received a high-performing rating for short-term care and 63 homes received a high-performing rating for long-term care.

Here are all the Pennsylvania nursing homes rated as "high-performing:"

• Passavant Retirement and Health, Zelienople
• Canterbury Place, Pittsburgh
• Kendal at Longwood, Kennett Square
• Sunbury Community Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sunbury
• William Hood Dunwoody Care Center, Newtown Square
• Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community, Quarryville
• Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas, Valencia
• Crosslands, Kennett Square
• Messiah Lifeways at Messiah Village, Mechanicsburg
• Willowbrooke Court at Spring House, Lower Gwynedd
• Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Fort Washington Estates, Fort Washington
• Willowcrest, Philadelphia
• Sherwood Oaks, Cranberry Township
• Blough Health Care Center, Bethlehem
• Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Wellsboro
• Smith Health Care, Mountain Top
• Waverly Heights, Gladwyne
• Riddle Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, Media
• Presbyterian Center for Continuing Care, Philadelphia
• Beaumont at Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr
• Landis Homes, Lititz
• Little Flower Manor, Darby
• Holy Redeemer Health Transitional Care Unit, Meadowbrook
• Juniper Village at Bucks County Rehabilitation and Skd Care, Bensalem
• Butler Memorial Hospital Transitional Care Facility, Butler
• Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit, Kittanning
• Meadville Medical Center Transitional Care Unit, Meadville
• UPMC McKeesport Long-Term Care, Mckeesport
• Sacred Heart Hospital Transitional Care Facility, Allentown
• Transitional Sub-Acute Unit, Wyomissing
• Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu, Allentown
• UPMC Northwest Transitional Care Unit, Seneca
• The Transitional Care Center at Grove City Medical Center, Grove City
• Manchester Commons of Presbyterian Seniorcare, Erie
• Abramson Senior Care at Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood
• The Transitional Care Unit at Nazareth Hospital, Phila
• Concordia at The Cedars, Monroeville
• Margaret E. Moul Home, York
• Concordia at Rebecca Residence, Allison Park
• Angela Jane Pavilion, Philadelphia
• Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela
• Concordia of the South Hills, Pittsburgh
• Preston Residence, West Grove
• The Village at Penn State, State College
• UPMC Magee–Womens Hospital Transitional Care Unit, Pittsburgh
• Rehabilitation at Shannondell, Audubon
• Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Transitional Care Unit, Johnstown
• Ann’s Choice, Warminster
• Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit, Wilkes-barre
• The Health Center at the Hill at Whitemarsh, Lafayette Hill
• Wyndmoor Hills Health Care & Rehabilitation Center, Wyndmoor
• Little Sisters of the Poor — Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
• Wellington Terrace, West Chester
• Providence Point Healthcare Residence, Pittsburgh
• Christ’s Home Retirement Community, Warminster
• Powerback Rehabilitation Phoenixville, Phoenixville
• Penn State Health Transitional Care, Hummelstown
• Allied Services Transitional Rehabilitation Unit, Scranton
• Harmony Physical Rehabilitation, Monroeville
• Paramount Nursing & Rehabilitation at Peters Township, Mc Murray
• Rehabilitation Center at Brethren Village, Lancaster
• Paramount Nursing and Rehabilitation at South Hill, Pittsburgh
• Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home, Erie
• Southeastern Pennsylvania Veterans’ Center, Spring City
• Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Hollidaysburg
• Southwestern Veterans Center, Pittsburgh
• St. Joseph’s Manor, Meadowbrook
• Phoebe Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown
• Saint Mary’s East, Erie
• Mifflin Center, Shillington
• Sarah Reed Senior Living, Erie
• Donahoe Manor, Bedford
• UPMC Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, Coudersport
• Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village, Lewisburg
• Chandler Hall Health Services, Newtown
• St. Luke’s Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Coaldale
• Rydal Park — A Presby’s Inspired Life Community, Rydal
• Moravian Manor, Lititz
• Brethren Village, Lancaster
• William Penn Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Lewistown
• Stoneridge Towne Centre, Myerstown
• Frey Village, Middletown
• Calvary Fellowship Homes, Lancaster
• Pine Run Health Center, Doylestown
• Luther Acres Manor, Lititz
• Twining Hall, Holland
• Hickory House Nursing Home, Honey Brook
• Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra
• Spiritrust Lutheran — The Village at Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury
• ManorCare Health Services — Dallastown, Dallastown
• Pennswood Village, Newtown
• Homeland Center, Harrisburg
• Willowbrooke Court at Southampton, Southampton
• Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Lima Estates, Lima
• The Community at Rockhill, Sellersville
• Wesley Enhanced Living — Doylestown, Doylestown
• Dock Terrace, Lansdale
• The Mennonite Home — Lancaster, Lancaster
• Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown
• Tel Hai Retirement Community, Honey Brook
• Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas
• Luther Crest Nursing Facility, Allentown
• West Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center — Coraopolis, Coraopolis
• Souderton Mennonite Homes, Souderton
• Peter Becker Community, Harleysville
• Frederick Living — Cedarwood, Frederick
• Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Cumberland County, Carlisle
• Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Normandy Farms Estates, Blue Bell
• The Williamsport Home, Williamsport
• Harlee Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Springfield
• Willows of Presbyterian Senior, Oakmont
• Homestead Village, Lancaster
• Willowbrooke Court at Granite, Media
• Paul’s Run, Philadelphia
• ManorCare Health Services — Green Tree, Pittsburgh
• Moravian Hall Square Health and Wellness Center, Nazareth
• The Grove at Harmony, Harmony
• Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Brittany, Lansdale
• Fellowship Manor, Whitehall
• Meadowood — Worcester, Worcester
• Lakeside at Willow Valley, Willow Street
• Communities at Indian Haven, Indiana
• Church of God Home, Carlisle
• Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim
• Highlands at Wyomissing, Wyomissing
• Quadrangle, Haverford
• Thornwald Home, Carlisle
• Fairmount Homes, Ephrata
• ManorCare Health Services — Oxford Valley, Yardley
• ManorCare Health Services — North Hills, Pittsburgh
• The Lebanon Valley Home, Annville
• Health Care Center at White Horse Village, Newtown Square
• Foxdale Village, State College
• Barclay Friends, West Chester
• Phoebe Berks Health Care Center, Wernersville
• Homewood at Martinsburg, Martinsburg
• Homewood at Plum Creek, Hanover
• Kinkora Pythian Home, Duncannon
• Kirkland Village, Bethlehem
• Artman Lutheran Home, Ambler
• Stoneridge Poplar Run, Myerstown
• Berkshire Center, Reading
• Lehigh Center, Macungie
• Naamans Creek Country Manor, Boothwyn
• Providence Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Mercy Fitzgerald, Yeadon
• Powerback Rehabilitation 3485 Davisville Road, Hatboro
• Redstone Highlands Health Care, Greensburg
• Concordia at Villa St. Joseph, Baden
• Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem
• The Inn at Freedom Village — West Brandywine, West Brandywine
• ManorCare Health Services — Whitehall Borough, Pittsburgh
• Abramson Residence, North Wales
• Garden Spot Village, New Holland
• Belle Reve Health Care Center, Milford
• Saint Mary’s at Asbury Ridge, Erie
• Bellingham Park Lane, West Chester
• Moravian Village of Bethlehem, Bethlehem
• Phoebe Wyncote, Wyncote
• Continuing Care at Maris Grove, Glen Mills
• Whitestone Care Center, Stroudsburg
• Delaware Valley Veterans’ Home, Philadelphia

"Our ratings are really a starting point that we think should be used in conjunction with other sources," Adams said, stressing that the ratings aren’t a replacement for site visits.

But for those who don’t have the time and resources to conduct such an in-depth search, Adams said U.S. News wants to offer people a really rich set of information that’s both easy to use, understandable and applicable to their situation.

>>>See U.S. News’ nursing home finder.

U.S. News used data collected and published by the federal government to develop the nursing home ratings. (Read more about the methodology.)