Nursing home report
ERIE, PA · Medicare-certified · 139 beds
Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center in Erie, PA has an overall 4-star rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and quality measures but 2 stars for staffing. Reported nurse staffing is 3.61 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, there were no fines in the last 24 months, and recent citations included documentation/notification, treatment and care orders, and medication labeling/storage issues.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6082 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6082.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide the required notice or documentation about a resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policy. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 628 — 42 CFR §483.15(c)(2) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to prevent unnecessary mind-altering medications or ensure medicines did not limit a resident’s ability to function. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 605 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Now operated by Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center, previously Saint Mary's East.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
