Quality Life Services - Mercer: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Quality Life Services - Mercer is a 48-bed for-profit nursing home in Mercer, Pennsylvania, part of Quality Life Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 71.2% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Quality Life Services - Mercer
8221 Lamor RoadMercer, PA 16137
Mercer 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 Quality Life Services - Mercer, nurse aides logged 1.84 hours per resident per day, 16% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 44 residents a day, that works out to roughly 81 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.84 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.63 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.27 | 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
71.2% of nursing staff at Quality Life Services - Mercer left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 58.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 18, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Quality Life Services - Mercer holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Quality Life Services - Mercer
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Chain: Quality Life Services, 10 homes
- Legal name: Quality Life Services - Mercer, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 11, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Quality Life Services - Mercer
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Avalon Springs Care Center Mercer | 1.3 | 100 | 1.70 | 3.23 | 50.0% | 4 | None |
| Shenango Presbyterian Seniorcare New Wilmington | 8.7 | 32 | 2.15 | 4.69 | 45.5% | 5 | None |
| Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at New Wilmington New Wilmington | 9.0 | 115 | 1.91 | 3.42 | 52.3% | 4 | None |
| Saint John Xxiii Home Hermitage | 9.3 | 90 | 1.79 | 3.72 | 20.5% | 5 | None |
| Quality Life Services - Grove City Grove City | 10.3 | 109 | 2.07 | 3.49 | 58.3% | 4 | None |
| Grove Manor Grove City | 10.5 | 59 | 2.19 | 3.99 | 46.2% | 3 | $18,837 |
| Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Hermitage | 10.7 | 105 | 1.70 | 2.96 | 49.4% | 3 | None |
| Orchard Manor Grove City | 11.3 | 121 | 2.12 | 3.66 | 55.3% | 2 | $16,556 |
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.