st anne's retirement community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
st anne's retirement community is a 119-bed nonprofit nursing home in Columbia, 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 25.0% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
st anne's retirement community
3952 Columbia AvenueColumbia, PA 17512
Lancaster 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 st anne's retirement community, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 19% above the Pennsylvania average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 193 aide hours a day, or about 24 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% 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 | 1.17 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.25 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.02 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.12 | 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
25.0% of nursing staff at st anne's retirement community left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 9.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 24, 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. st anne's retirement community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About st anne's retirement community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: St. Anne's Retirement Community, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 31, 1990
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near st anne's retirement community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center Columbia | 3.2 | 173 | 1.83 | 3.03 | 47.7% | 3 | $105,688 |
| Homestead Village, Inc Lancaster | 5.2 | 60 | 3.19 | 5.11 | 36.2% | 5 | $12,735 |
| Trillium Place Lancaster | 5.8 | 160 | 2.79 | 4.79 | 32.9% | 5 | None |
| Abbeyville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent Lancaster | 5.9 | 172 | 1.99 | 3.37 | 55.1% | 3 | None |
| Hamilton Arms Center Lancaster | 6.6 | 94 | 1.84 | 3.33 | 33.7% | 3 | $9,009 |
| Rose City Nursing and Rehab at Lancaster Lancaster | 7.6 | 124 | 2.12 | 3.35 | 49.4% | 2 | $128,792 |
| Lancaster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Lancaster | 8.6 | 446 | 1.81 | 3.04 | 56.0% | 2 | None |
| Neffsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Lancaster | 8.9 | 240 | 1.97 | 3.24 | 44.3% | 1 | $9,516 |
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.