Good Shepherd Home Raker Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Good Shepherd Home Raker Center is a 99-bed nonprofit nursing home in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% above the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 32.1% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Good Shepherd Home Raker Center
601 St John StreetAllentown, PA 18103
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 Raker Center, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 26% above the Pennsylvania average. With about 97 residents a day, that works out to roughly 267 aide hours a day, or about 33 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.67 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.37 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.79 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.34 | 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
32.1% of nursing staff at Good Shepherd Home Raker 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 27.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 23, 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. Good Shepherd Home Raker Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Good Shepherd Home Raker Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Good Shepherd Home Long Term Care Facility, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Good Shepherd Home Raker Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Jewel Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Allentown | 1.8 | 146 | 2.01 | 3.24 | 30.1% | 4 | None |
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| Riverton Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Allentown | 3.1 | 111 | 2.02 | 3.48 | 26.3% | 5 | None |
| Cedar Crest Post Acute Allentown | 3.4 | 166 | 1.90 | 3.37 | 40.1% | 4 | None |
| Holy Family Manor Bethlehem | 3.9 | 208 | 1.82 | 3.28 | 39.5% | 4 | None |
| Fellowship Manor Whitehall | 4.0 | 121 | 2.67 | 4.65 | 31.1% | 5 | None |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu Allentown | 4.1 | 52 | 2.51 | 6.46 | 14.9% | 5 | None |
| Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation Allentown | 4.2 | 670 | 2.33 | 4.00 | 28.5% | 5 | 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.