Tel Hai Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Tel Hai Retirement Community is a 119-bed nonprofit nursing home in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, part of Friends Services for the Aging. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.01 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 38% above the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 25.0% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Tel Hai Retirement Community
1200 Tel Hai CircleHoney 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 Tel Hai Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 3.01 hours per resident per day, 38% above the Pennsylvania average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 204 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.01 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.50 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.41 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.93 | 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 Tel Hai 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 13.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 21, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Tel Hai Retirement Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Tel Hai Retirement Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Friends Services for the Aging, 5 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 17, 1982
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Tel Hai Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hickory House Nursing Home Honey Brook | 1.7 | 110 | 1.94 | 3.66 | 48.7% | 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 | 8.1 | 87 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 52.8% | 5 | $10,033 |
| Newport Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center Christiana | 9.1 | 139 | 1.94 | 3.19 | 40.2% | 3 | $42,912 |
| St Martha Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare Downingtown | 9.5 | 120 | 2.01 | 3.37 | 48.1% | 5 | None |
| Garden Spot Village New Holland | 10.5 | 73 | 2.86 | 5.00 | 32.2% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Exton Post Acute Exton | 12.5 | 120 | 1.73 | 3.66 | 58.9% | 3 | $145,924 |
| Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Pottstown Pottstown | 13.2 | 41 | 1.65 | 3.42 | — | 1 | $128,618 |
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.