Nursing home
Quality Life Services - Mercer
8221 Lamor Road, Mercer, PA 16137 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Quality Life Services (10 facilities) · 48 certified beds
Quality Life Services - Mercer is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Mercer, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.75 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Jun 18, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $7,443In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Quality Life Services - Mercer 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) | 3.75 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.86 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 72.3% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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: 1 fine totaling $7,443, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Quality Life Services - Mercer
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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 31, 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 · Jul 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 24, 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 · Jan 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 6 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 · Jun 21, 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
- 8221 Lamor Road
Mercer, PA 16137 - CMS certification #
- 395879
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 48
- Avg residents/day
- 42.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-09-11
- Chain
- Quality Life Services (10 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Quality Life Services
Quality Life Services operates 10 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Quality Life Services 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
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Quality Life Services - Mercer says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Sep 26, 2020.
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
- Grove City Medical Center, Grove City. 10.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avalon Springs Care Center, Mercer. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Caretenders, Hermitage. 8.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Reynolds Pharmacy. 10.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 16137 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Shenango Valley, Hermitage, 9.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fkc Hermitage, Hermitage, 9.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dci Grove City, Grove City, 10.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 16137.
Steel City Hospice, office in Hermitage, 9.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Upmc Community Medicine Inc, Hermitage. 9.7 miles away, straight line. 2 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, 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: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 Quality Life Services - Mercer a good nursing home?
CMS gives Quality Life Services - Mercer an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Quality Life Services - Mercer staffed?
Quality Life Services - Mercer reports 3.75 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Quality Life Services - Mercer had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Quality Life Services - Mercer have?
Quality Life Services - Mercer is certified for 48 beds.