Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Holy Family Home
5300 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143 · Map
Non profit - Church related · Part of Little Sisters Of The Poor (3 facilities) · 18 certified beds
Holy Family Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall. Its most recent inspection on Apr 9, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Holy Family Home 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) | — | 3.89 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.78 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.20 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 46.6% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Holy Family Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 28, 2023
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
- 5300 Chester Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143 - CMS certification #
- 395637
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 18
- Avg residents/day
- 17.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1984-03-01
- Chain
- Little Sisters Of The Poor (3 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Little Sisters Of The Poor
Little Sisters Of The Poor operates 3 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Little Sisters Of The Poor facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia. 1.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Renaissance Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Philadelphia. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- H&M Care Inc, Philadelphia. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 19143 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Philadelphia 42Nd Street Dialysis, Philadelphia, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Children'S Hospital Of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Davita Philadelphia Pmc Dialysis, Philadelphia, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 22 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 19143.
Echo Hospice Of Pennsylvania, LLC, office in Philadelphia, 4.0 miles away, straight line
Heartland Hospice (Philadelphia), office in Bala Cynwyd, 4.5 miles away, straight line
Penn Medicine Hospice, office in Bala Cynwyd, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Penn - Medical Group, Philadelphia. 1.6 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 low, heat wave very high, earthquake relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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: 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Holy Family Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Holy Family Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Holy Family Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Holy Family Home have?
Holy Family Home is certified for 18 beds.