Nursing home
Friendship Village of South Hi
1290 Boyce Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Lifespace Communities (16 facilities) · 89 certified beds
Friendship Village of South Hi is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.70 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Dec 2, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Friendship Village of South Hi 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) | 3.70 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.10 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.7% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.5 | above 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.
What inspectors found at Friendship Village of South Hi
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
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 2, 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 · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Administration Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · 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
- 1290 Boyce Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241 - CMS certification #
- 395688
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 89
- Avg residents/day
- 81.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-01-29
- Chain
- Lifespace Communities (16 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Lifespace Communities
Lifespace Communities operates 16 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Lifespace Communities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Friendship Village of South Hi using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2004
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Friendship Village of South Hi says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Housekeeping, linen service, maintenance, utilities, scheduled transportation, and concierge services are included.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Yes, Friendship Village of South Hills is a pet-friendly community that welcomes dogs and cats, so your favorite family member can come along.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio.
Friendship Village of South Hills offers a Performing Arts Center, a modern cinema, an art studio, a woodworking shop, a library, a computer lab, a worship room, a billiards room, a bocce court, a fitness center, and an aerobics studio.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Entrance fee: none.
As needs change, care adjusts without disrupting your routines, relationships, or surroundings, so you never have to leave the community you know to receive higher levels of care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jul 31, 2021 to Jul 22, 2023. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Friendship Village of South Hills (Lifespace Communities Inc). Case 1984224.
- Findings for Nov 6, 2004 to Nov 6, 2004. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $91 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Friendship Village of South Hills (Life Care Services LLC). Case 1389964.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh. 4.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bridgeville Rehabilitation & Care Center, Bridgeville. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Paramount Home Health Services, Mcmurray. 1.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Giant Eagle 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 15241 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fkc Liberty Dialysis Southpointe, Canonsburg, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Bethel Park, Bethel Park, 3.8 miles away, straight line
Fkc South Hills, Bethel Park, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 28 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 15241.
Affinity Care Of Pittsburgh, LLC., office in Pittsburgh, 1.0 mile away, straight line
Paramount Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Mcmurray, 1.6 miles away, straight line
Concordia Hospice Of Washington, office in Canonsburg, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Pittsburgh Physicians, Mc Murray. 3.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 Friendship Village of South Hi a good nursing home?
CMS gives Friendship Village of South Hi 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 Friendship Village of South Hi staffed?
Friendship Village of South Hi reports 3.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Friendship Village of South Hi had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Friendship Village of South Hi have?
Friendship Village of South Hi is certified for 89 beds.