Nursing home
Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center
607 East 26Th Street, Erie, PA 16504 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 139 certified beds
Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Erie, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.64 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Feb 28, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $6,292In 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 Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center 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) | 3.64 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.17 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.1% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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 $6,292, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center
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
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 20, 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 · Feb 20, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2026 · 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 · Feb 20, 2026 · 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 · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Nov 25, 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 · Nov 19, 2025 · 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 · Feb 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · 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 · May 5, 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
- 607 East 26Th Street
Erie, PA 16504 - CMS certification #
- 395042
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 139
- Avg residents/day
- 116.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2022
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
We offer skilled nursing with compassionate and proficient nurses, a comprehensive range of rehab and therapy services, residential living with access to medical staff, and a secure dementia unit, all in a serene and healing environment.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Short Term Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals a day
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and semi-private rooms available
(page, checked Oct 15, 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 Aug 14, 2022 to Aug 4, 2024. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $42,919 owed to 76 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $12,026. Employer as DOL recorded it: Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center (Erie SNF Operations, Inc.). Case 1995953.
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
- Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- LECOM At Village Square, LLC, Erie. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Healthcare, Erie. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 16504 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Dialysis Center Of Erie, Erie, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Erie Dialysis, Erie, 1.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Lake Erie Home Dialysis, Erie, 4.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 16504.
Family Hospice, office in Erie, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Interim Healthcare Hospice Of Erie, office in Erie, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Vna Hospice Services Of Erie County, office in Erie, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Regional Health Services Inc, Erie. 1.8 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, tornado relatively low, heat wave very 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: 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 Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center 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 Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center staffed?
Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center reports 3.64 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center have?
Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center is certified for 139 beds.