Nursing home
Quality Life Services - Westmont
787 Goucher Street, Johnstown, PA 15905 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Quality Life Services (10 facilities) · 41 certified beds
Quality Life Services - Westmont is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.78 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Feb 20, 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 Quality Life Services - Westmont 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) | 3.78 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.07 | 0.78 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.84 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.2% | 46.6% | 46.4% | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the March 12, 2026 inspection was corrected by April 15, 2026
What inspectors found at Quality Life Services - Westmont
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 · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 12, 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 · Mar 12, 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 · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 20, 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 · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · 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 · Feb 20, 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
- 787 Goucher Street
Johnstown, PA 15905 - CMS certification #
- 396132
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 41
- Avg residents/day
- 35.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2011-12-01
- Chain
- Quality Life Services (10 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
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 - Westmont 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) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
our trusted in-house hospice provider.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoking only in designated areas.
QLS - Westmont has a designated smoking area for guests and residents.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Heritage Ridge Senior Living at Johnstown, Johnstown. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare Of Johnstown, Johnstown. 1.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 15905 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Prodigy-Home Dialysis Care, Johnstown, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Napoleon Place Dialysis, Johnstown, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Prodigy Dialysis Richland, Johnstown, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 15905.
Interim Healthcare Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Johnstown, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
1 Laurel Highlands Hospice Care, office in Johnstown, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Conemaugh Regional Hospice, office in Johnstown, 6.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Excela Health Physician Practices, Inc, Greensburg. 32.0 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire 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 | 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: 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 - Westmont a good nursing home?
CMS gives Quality Life Services - Westmont an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Quality Life Services - Westmont staffed?
Quality Life Services - Westmont reports 3.78 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Quality Life Services - Westmont had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Quality Life Services - Westmont have?
Quality Life Services - Westmont is certified for 41 beds.