All 3 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Kittanning,
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.
Nurse staffing here runs at 8.65 hours per resident day, well over twice the national average of 3.86, and weekends dip only about 7% below weekdays, so coverage stays fairly steady. Annual turnover sits at 20% against a national 45.8%, which means the people caring for residents tend to stick around. The current record shows 21 deficiencies with none at the harm or jeopardy level, though one is abuse-related. Inspectors were last in on July 9, 2025. The catch is in the quality measures, which sit at the bottom of CMS's scale even as staffing earns top marks, a split worth asking the administrator about directly.
Kittanning Health & Rehab Center runs 97 deficiencies on its current record, 13 of them abuse-related and three serious enough to put residents in harm's way. Staffing sits at 3.65 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 6% under the national average of 3.86, and weekend coverage drops about 12% below what the home itself staffs on weekdays. Turnover is the figure that stands out: 62.6% of nursing staff leaving annually against a national average of 45.8%, so nearly two-thirds of the people providing daily care are new each year. The one bright spot is the 5/5 quality measure rating, but that reflects charted clinical outcomes, not the inspection record or the hands available at the bedside.
Armstrong Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 113-bed for-profit in Kittanning, and the numbers here deserve a close look before you consider it. The staffing rating sits at 1 out of 5, and the inspection record shows 106 deficiencies, including three at the level where residents were actually harmed or put in immediate jeopardy and twelve tied to abuse. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for homes with a persistent record of serious problems, and there are three fines totaling $29,346. The most recent inspection was in December 2025, so the record is current. When staffing is thin and the deficiency list is this long, the day-to-day experience for residents tends to reflect it.