Friendship Health and Rehab Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Friendship Health and Rehab Center is a 253-bed nonprofit nursing home in Roanoke, Virginia. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% above the Virginia average of 2.07, and 48.1% nursing staff turnover (Virginia average 48.1%).
Friendship Health and Rehab Center
327 Hershberger Rd NWRoanoke, VA 24012
Roanoke City 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 Friendship Health and Rehab Center, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, 7% above the Virginia average. With about 230 residents a day, that works out to roughly 509 aide hours a day, or about 64 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Virginia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.07 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.23 | 1.00 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.93 | 3.76 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.24 | 3.29 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
48.1% of nursing staff at Friendship Health and Rehab Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Virginia average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 29, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Virginia average 14.5). 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. Friendship Health and Rehab Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Virginia average is 3.0.
About Friendship Health and Rehab Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Friendship Health and Rehab Center, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Friendship Health and Rehab Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Star City Rehabilitation and Nursing Roanoke · many days without an RN | 3.1 | 116 | 2.15 | 3.72 | 68.3% | 2 | None |
| Our Lady Of The Valley Roanoke | 3.1 | 70 | 2.29 | 3.84 | 45.3% | 4 | None |
| Springtree Healthcare & Rehab Center Roanoke | 3.2 | 120 | 2.10 | 3.68 | 47.6% | 3 | None |
| Old Southwest Health and Rehabilitation Roanoke | 4.3 | 130 | 1.73 | 3.47 | 69.5% | 1 | $135,633 |
| Raleigh Court Health and Rehabilitation Center Roanoke | 4.5 | 120 | 1.91 | 3.48 | 53.4% | 4 | None |
| Berkshire Health & Rehabilitation Center Vinton | 4.8 | 180 | 1.80 | 3.21 | 56.1% | 4 | None |
| Davis and McDaniel Veterans Care Center Roanoke | 4.9 | 180 | 2.47 | 3.99 | 28.7% | 5 | None |
| Daleville Health and Rehabilitation Daleville | 5.3 | 90 | 1.79 | 3.24 | 69.8% | 2 | None |
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.