The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
Kendal At Longwood
KENNETT SQUARE, PA · Medicare-certified · 53 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
Kendal At Longwood in Kennett Square, PA has an overall 5-star rating, with 5-star health inspection and staffing ratings but a lower 2-star quality measures rating. It reports 5.92 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.9248 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: September 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.9248.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.45
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.50
- Nurse aides
- 2.98
- Weekend nursing
- 5.03
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 23%
Registered nurse turnover: 14%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
8.5%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
6.7%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.4%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.9%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
0%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
38.3%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
31.1%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
14.6%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
3.6%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
10.6%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
35.3%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.1%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
82.9%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
82.8%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited October 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of KENDAL · 7 homes · 4.4 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 29.9 residents on an average day (56% of 53 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 52 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.