Avalon Springs Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Avalon Springs Care Center is a 100-bed for-profit nursing home in Mercer, Pennsylvania, part of Wecare Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.70 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 22% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Avalon Springs Care Center
745 Greenville RoadMercer, PA 16137
Mercer County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Avalon Springs Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.70 hours per resident per day, 22% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 56 residents a day, that works out to roughly 96 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.70 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.66 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.88 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.23 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.84 | 3.53 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
50.0% of nursing staff at Avalon Springs Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 52.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Avalon Springs Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Avalon Springs Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Wecare Centers, 13 homes
- Legal name: Ava Springs Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 27, 1998
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Avalon Springs Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Quality Life Services - Mercer Mercer | 1.3 | 48 | 1.84 | 3.63 | 71.2% | 5 | None |
| Shenango Presbyterian Seniorcare New Wilmington | 10.0 | 32 | 2.15 | 4.69 | 45.5% | 5 | None |
| Saint John Xxiii Home Hermitage | 10.1 | 90 | 1.79 | 3.72 | 20.5% | 5 | None |
| Quality Life Services - Grove City Grove City | 10.2 | 109 | 2.07 | 3.49 | 58.3% | 4 | None |
| Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at New Wilmington New Wilmington | 10.3 | 115 | 1.91 | 3.42 | 52.3% | 4 | None |
| Grove Manor Grove City | 10.4 | 59 | 2.19 | 3.99 | 46.2% | 3 | $18,837 |
| Orchard Manor Grove City | 11.3 | 121 | 2.12 | 3.66 | 55.3% | 2 | $16,556 |
| Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Greenville Greenville | 11.4 | 154 | 1.91 | 3.17 | 53.8% | 1 | $21,645 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.