Hickory House Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hickory House Nursing Home is a 110-bed for-profit nursing home in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.94 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 48.7% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Hickory House Nursing Home
3120 Horseshoe PikeHoney Brook, PA 19344
Chester 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 Hickory House Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.94 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 100 residents a day, that works out to roughly 194 aide hours a day, or about 24 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.94 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.66 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.36 | 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
48.7% of nursing staff at Hickory House Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 46.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Hickory House Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Hickory House Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Honey Brook Medical Investors LP
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 12, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Hickory House Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Tel Hai Retirement Community Honey Brook | 1.7 | 119 | 3.01 | 5.41 | 25.0% | 5 | None |
| The Inn at Freedom Village West Brandywine | 5.9 | 60 | 2.38 | 4.65 | 38.6% | 5 | None |
| Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center Narvon | 7.7 | 87 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 52.8% | 5 | $10,033 |
| St Martha Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare Downingtown | 9.0 | 120 | 2.01 | 3.37 | 48.1% | 5 | None |
| Newport Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center Christiana | 10.8 | 139 | 1.94 | 3.19 | 40.2% | 3 | $42,912 |
| Garden Spot Village New Holland | 11.4 | 73 | 2.86 | 5.00 | 32.2% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Pottstown Pottstown | 11.5 | 41 | 1.65 | 3.42 | — | 1 | $128,618 |
| Exton Post Acute Exton | 11.7 | 120 | 1.73 | 3.66 | 58.9% | 3 | $145,924 |
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.