All 4 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Hollidaysburg,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Presbyterian Homes-Presby runs lean on nurse hours, 3.63 per resident day against a national average of 3.86, with weekends about 9% thinner than weekdays. Yet its staff tends to stay: turnover of 35.8% beats the 45.8% national figure by a wide margin, and CMS gives the staffing and quality measures 4 and 5 stars. The inspection record is where things get harder to square. Forty deficiencies are on file, four of them serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, two tied to abuse, and three fines totaling $32,949. A November 2025 inspection means the picture is current. Steady caregivers, yes, but a documented pattern of problems that stability hasn't erased.
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg runs a church-affiliated nonprofit with 89 beds, and its nurse staffing sits at 4.16 hours per resident day, roughly 8% above the national average, though weekends dip about 8% below its own weekday coverage. That staffing earns 4 stars from CMS, but the inspection record tells a different story: 39 deficiencies on file, including 2 at the harm or jeopardy level and 3 tied to abuse, with two fines totaling $101,905. Staff turnover runs 48.2%, a bit above the national 45.8%. The most recent inspection was December 2025, so the record is current. Quality measures score 4 stars; health inspections score 2. Ask about those harm-level and abuse deficiencies specifically.
Garvey Manor is a church-affiliated nonprofit in Hollidaysburg with 132 beds, and its nurse staffing runs about 4.49 hours per resident day, roughly 16% above the national average. That's a real strength, though weekends dip about 12% below its own weekday level, so coverage isn't perfectly even. The harder numbers are elsewhere: staff turnover hits 60% against a national average near 46%, meaning a lot of the people providing that care are still new. The current record shows 29 deficiencies, including one at the harm level and two abuse-related, plus a $40,641 fine. The most recent inspection was July 2025. Strong quality scores sit alongside turnover and inspection findings worth asking about directly.
Hollidaysburg Veterans Home runs on unusually deep staffing for a nursing home, 5.13 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a third more than the national average, with weekend coverage dipping only about 10% below weekdays. Turnover sits at 23.3%, about half the national rate, which suggests aides and nurses tend to stay. The trouble shows up in inspections: 41 deficiencies on the current record, including three at harm or jeopardy level and five tied to abuse, and the state's most recent look came in June 2025. A state-run veterans home with steady staff and a thin inspection record is the tradeoff here, call about those harm-level findings before you visit.