Nursing home
St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
3952 Columbia Avenue, Columbia, PA 17512 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 119 certified beds
St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Columbia, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.92 hours per resident per day, above the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Dec 24, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) 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) | 4.92 | 3.89 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.92 | 0.78 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.77 | 2.20 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.0% | 46.6% | 46.4% | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 24, 2025 inspection was corrected by February 9, 2026
What inspectors found at St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
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 · Dec 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2023 · 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
- 3952 Columbia Avenue
Columbia, PA 17512 - CMS certification #
- 395806
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 119
- Avg residents/day
- 74.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-03-31
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: two-bedroom.
Our Main Building Apartments come in a variety of one and two bedroom floor plans.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster. 4.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center, Columbia. 3.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Criticare Lancaster, Inc., Lancaster. 4.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hillcrest Pharmacy & Compounding of Lancaster. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 17512 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Manheim Pike Dialysis, Lancaster, 6.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Pdi Lancaster, Lancaster, 9.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Willow Lakes Dialysis, Willow Street, 9.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 17512.
Caring Hospice Services, office in Lancaster, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Choices Healthcare, office in Lancaster, 5.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassus Hospice And Palliative Care - Philadelphia, office in Lancaster, 8.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster. 5.4 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 moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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: 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 St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) a good nursing home?
CMS gives St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) staffed?
St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) reports 4.92 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) have?
St Anne's Retirement Community (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is certified for 119 beds.