Sugar Creek Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sugar Creek Care Center is a 148-bed for-profit nursing home in Franklin, Pennsylvania, part of Wecare Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.87 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 46.9% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Sugar Creek Care Center
351 Causeway DriveFranklin, PA 16323
Venango 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 Sugar Creek Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.87 hours per resident per day, 15% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 101 residents a day, that works out to roughly 189 aide hours a day, or about 24 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) | 1.87 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.74 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.09 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.78 | 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
46.9% of nursing staff at Sugar Creek Care 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 66.7%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 29, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 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. Sugar Creek Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Sugar Creek Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Wecare Centers, 13 homes
- Legal name: SCS Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sugar Creek Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Caring Place Franklin | 2.9 | 100 | 2.36 | 3.79 | 54.9% | 3 | $8,018 |
| Upmc Northwest Transitional Care Unit Seneca | 10.1 | 16 | 2.28 | 8.73 | 34.5% | 5 | None |
| Oakwood Heights Village Oil City · abuse citation | 10.4 | 106 | 1.86 | 3.56 | 60.2% | 2 | $14,015 |
| Oil City Nursing and Rehab Oil City | 11.8 | 95 | 1.96 | 3.60 | 43.2% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Titusville Nursing and Rehab Titusville | 18.4 | 77 | 1.96 | 3.59 | 32.8% | 4 | None |
| Meadville Medical Ctr Tcu Meadville | 19.8 | 32 | 4.76 | 10.84 | — | 5 | $7,172 |
| Grove Manor Grove City | 20.2 | 59 | 2.19 | 3.99 | 46.2% | 3 | $18,837 |
| Quality Life Services - Grove City Grove City | 20.3 | 109 | 2.07 | 3.49 | 58.3% | 4 | 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.