Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem is a 60-bed nonprofit nursing home in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 19% above the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 29.4% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem
2855 Schoenersville RoadBethlehem, PA 18017
Lehigh 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 Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 19% above the Pennsylvania average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 152 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.60 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.66 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.64 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.89 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.36 | 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
29.4% of nursing staff at Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 8, 2026. 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. Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Good Shepherd Home Long Term Care Facility, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 2007
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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| Holy Family Manor Bethlehem | 2.2 | 208 | 1.82 | 3.28 | 39.5% | 4 | None |
| Moravian Village of Bethlehem Bethlehem | 3.1 | 93 | 2.08 | 4.33 | 46.8% | 5 | None |
| Kirkland Village Bethlehem | 3.8 | 60 | 2.35 | 4.71 | 31.9% | 5 | $21,645 |
| Advanced Health Care Of Hanover Bethlehem | 3.8 | 46 | 3.24 | 5.85 | 44.6% | 5 | $3,387 |
| Good Shepherd Home Raker Center Allentown | 4.9 | 99 | 2.75 | 4.79 | 32.1% | 4 | 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.