Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 420-bed government-run nursing home in Leesport, Pennsylvania. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.13 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 25.6% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation
1011 Berks RoadLeesport, PA 19533
Berks 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 Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.13 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 317 residents a day, that works out to roughly 673 aide hours a day, or about 84 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.73 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.18 | 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
25.6% of nursing staff at Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 10.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 3, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: County of Berks Office of the Controller
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation
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| Laureldale Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent Laureldale | 5.1 | 198 | 1.98 | 3.27 | 31.8% | 3 | $16,036 |
| Transitional Sub-Acute Unit Wyomissing | 5.8 | 50 | 2.49 | 5.56 | 25.3% | 5 | None |
| West Reading Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ce West Reading | 7.3 | 176 | 1.87 | 3.11 | 56.8% | 1 | None |
| Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center West Reading | 7.6 | 184 | 1.93 | 3.23 | 24.6% | 4 | None |
| Wyomissing Health and Rehabilitation Center Reading | 8.3 | 103 | 2.21 | 3.57 | 56.4% | 4 | None |
| Laurel Center Hamburg · abuse citation | 8.4 | 130 | 1.90 | 3.45 | 34.9% | 3 | $76,918 |
| Highlands at Wyomissing Wyomissing | 8.5 | 80 | 3.76 | 6.67 | 27.7% | 5 | None |
| Sinking Spring Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Sinking Spring · abuse citation | 8.6 | 214 | 1.98 | 3.20 | 46.1% | 2 | $17,342 |
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.