Nursing home
The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare
2507 Chestnut Street, Chester, PA 19013 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities) · 150 certified beds
The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chester, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.20 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Aug 15, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $89,766In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare compares
This facility vs. the Pennsylvania and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Pennsylvania avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.20 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.86 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.6% | 46.6% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 10.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $89,766, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2507 Chestnut Street
Chester, PA 19013 - CMS certification #
- 395595
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 150
- Avg residents/day
- 130.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1983-08-15
- Chain
- Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Genesis Healthcare
Genesis Healthcare operates 193 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Genesis Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation, pets allowed
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Coordinated transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets Permitted
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Smoke free environment
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 21, 2023: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Dec 1, 2023. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Genesis Operations IV, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Jul 23, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, no inspection (health). Case closed Oct 6, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Wallingford Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cen, Wallingford. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hosana Home Health Care Services, LLC, Woodlyn. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Avenue Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 19013 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Woodlyn Dialysis, Woodlyn, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fkc Swarthmore, Swarthmore, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Upland Dialysis Center, Chester, 1.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 18 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 19013.
Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., office in Newtown Square, 8.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice Compassus - Philadelphia, office in Newtown Square, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Delaware Hospice, Inc., office in Glen Mills, 9.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Penn - Medical Group, Philadelphia. 10.6 miles away, straight line. 7 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare staffed?
The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare reports 3.20 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare have?
The Belvedere Center, Genesis Healthcare is certified for 150 beds.