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B

75/100

Above average

Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center

245 East Eighth Street, Watsontown, PA 17777

CMS 2/5 stars #3 of 7 in Northumberlnd County (570) 538-2561
Certified beds
125
Occupancy
95%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

What to ask about before you visit

These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.

  • $21,765 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 2 penalty action(s).

Our read on Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center

Watsontown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center runs 125 certified beds under corporate ownership, and the numbers tell two different stories. Nurse staffing sits at 3.47 hours per resident day, roughly 10 percent under the national average, and weekends drop about 12 percent below the home's own weekday levels, so the thinnest coverage lands when families tend to visit. Staff turnover at 40 percent actually beats the national rate of 45.8 percent, which matters for continuity of care. Where the record gets harder to ignore is inspections: a 1-out-of-5 health inspection rating, 61 deficiencies on the current record, including three at harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse, plus $21,765 in fines across two events. The last inspection was September 12, 2025. Quality measures score well at 4 out of 5, but that's the piece families should weigh against the enforcement history, not instead of it.

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.

Inspection30/30Staffing13/30Stability12/15Outcomes12/15Enforcement8/10

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

13/30

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

  • →3.67 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.47 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 12% against weekdays

Staff stability

12/15

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

  • →40% of nursing staff left in the last year

Resident outcomes

12/15

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

  • →4 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

8/10

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

  • →$21,765 in federal fines across 2 action(s)

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 day3.47 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBelow average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.47 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBelow average

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

Weekend nurse hours3.05 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBelow average

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

Nursing staff turnover40.00%
National average 45.80%Better than average

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

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: September 12, 2025 (1 year ago). No citations were recorded.

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

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Common questions about Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center

What is the ElderGrade for Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center? +

Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center holds an ElderGrade of B (75 out of 100), which we describe as "above 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 Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center? +

Residents receive an average of 3.47 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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.