Nursing Homes in Lancaster County, PA
Licensed nursing homes providers across Lancaster County, the cities they are in, and where to get free local help.
Licensed nursing homes providers: 31
St Anne's Retirement Community
Pleasant View Communities
Lakeside at Willow Valley
Homestead Village, INC
Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center,
Cities in Lancaster County
- Lancaster · 10
- Lititz · 5
- Elizabethtown · 3
What federal inspectors recorded here
Lancaster County, PA has 31 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.
- Facilities with a federal penalty
45%14 of 31 (45%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
3%1 of 31 (3%)
A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.
- Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined
$29,330in fines · 12 facilities
The middle facility's total across every civil money penalty CMS recorded for it in this window, not the amount of a single fine.
- Median nurse staffing hours per resident day
4.32hours · 31 facilities
0.68 hours above the Pennsylvania median of 3.64 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
65%20 of 31 (65%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated August 20, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.
Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.
Local aging & Medicaid contacts
Long-term care ombudsman
Free help with complaints about care and residents' rights in nursing homes and assisted living.
Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Source: State LTC OmbudsmanArea Agency on Aging
Lancaster County AAA · (717) 299-7979
Source: State aging agencyAging & Disability Resource Center
PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources · 1-800-753-8827
Source: Aging & disability resource centerMedicare counseling (SHIP)
APPRISE (Pennsylvania SHIP) · 1-877-881-6388
Source: Medicare counseling (SHIP)Pennsylvania Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
State-level Medicaid waiver contacts (not invented county Medicaid offices). Official agency pages only.
- Community HealthChoices. Pennsylvania Medicaid managed LTSS program (CHC).
Questions families ask
Which cities in Lancaster County have nursing homes listings?
Lancaster County has nursing homes in 3 cities, each listed on this page with its own provider list.
Who do I call about a complaint at a nursing home in Lancaster County?
Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is the long-term care ombudsman program serving Lancaster County. It takes complaints about care, safety and residents' rights. Its website is in the contacts section of this page.
Who is the Area Agency on Aging for Lancaster County?
Lancaster County AAA is the Area Agency on Aging covering Lancaster County. Contact details on this page come from official aging-network sources.
How do families in Lancaster County learn about Medicaid long-term care options?
Pennsylvania runs named Medicaid programs that pay for care at home and in assisted living. This page links to the official state pages for each.
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