Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek is a 114-bed for-profit nursing home in Worthington, Pennsylvania, part of Quality Life Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.91 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 43.6% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek
120 Lakeside DriveWorthington, PA 16262
Armstrong 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 - Sugar Creek, nurse aides logged 1.91 hours per resident per day, 13% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 108 residents a day, that works out to roughly 207 aide hours a day, or about 26 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) | 1.91 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.58 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.45 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.17 | 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
43.6% of nursing staff at Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. 3 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 5, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $246,480 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | Fine | $91,245 |
| May 8, 2024 | Fine | $155,235 |
| May 8, 2024 | Payment Denial | 22 days from Jun 20, 2024 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
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 - Sugar Creek holds 2 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Quality Life Services, 10 homes
- Legal name: Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 6, 1978
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek
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| Quality Life Services - Chicora Chicora | 4.9 | 114 | 2.21 | 3.61 | 46.3% | 1 | $91,936 |
| Snu Armstrong Co Memorial Hosp Kittanning | 9.5 | 17 | 2.27 | 8.65 | 20.0% | 3 | None |
| Armstrong Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Kittanning · SFF candidate · abuse citation · no staffing data submitted | 10.1 | 113 | — | — | — | 1 | $37,899 |
| Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care Cabot | 10.3 | 142 | 1.83 | 3.45 | 36.6% | 2 | $8,021 |
| Quality Life Services - Sarver Sarver | 10.5 | 66 | 1.93 | 3.55 | 70.6% | 3 | None |
| Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Butler · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 11.7 | 220 | 1.68 | 3.01 | 43.3% | 1 | $30,011 |
| Embassy of Saxonburg Saxonburg · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 12.7 | 68 | 1.89 | 3.36 | 52.0% | 1 | $339,073 |
| Kittanning Health & Rehab Center Kittanning | 12.8 | 119 | 2.04 | 3.65 | 62.6% | 2 | $130,873 |
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.