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C

55/100

Average

St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare

1412 Lansdowne Avenue, Darby, PA 19023

CMS 1/5 stars #27 of 28 in Delaware County (610) 461-6510
Certified beds
273
Occupancy
92%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

Our read on St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare

St. Francis Center runs 273 beds in Darby, and the numbers tell two different stories. Inspectors have been through recently, July 2025, and found 23 deficiencies, none of them serious enough to harm a resident and none related to abuse, which is why the health inspection rating sits at 4 out of 5. Staffing is the weak point. At 3.39 nurse hours per resident day, this home runs about 12 percent below the national average, and weekends drop another 8 percent below its own weekday levels. Annual turnover of 58.4 percent is well above the 45.8 percent national figure, so the people providing that care are cycling through quickly.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing8/30Stability5/15Outcomes2/15Enforcement10/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

8/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →2.86 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.37 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 8% against weekdays

Staff stability

5/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →58% of nursing staff left in the last year

Resident outcomes

2/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →1 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

10/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →No federal fines on record

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day3.39 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBelow average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.37 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBelow average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours3.12 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBelow average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnover58.40%
National average 45.80%Below average

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: June 5, 2026 (4 months ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

Who owns this home

Full record

Part of CENTER MANAGEMENT GROUP, which operates 17 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare

What is the ElderGrade for St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare? +

St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare holds an ElderGrade of C (55 out of 100), which we describe as "average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare? +

Residents receive an average of 3.39 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare accept Medicaid? +

Yes, St Francis Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.