How Does Gracedale Stack Up Against Other County-Owned Nursing Homes in 2026?

Pa's Department of Health (DOH) maintains a nursing home facility locator. You can search for homes by county, zip code, city or do a radius search. You can search just county-owned homes, state-owned home, nonprofiit or for-profit homes. Once you find a home, you can click on patient care surveys and see them for yourself. But as NorCo Council member Dave Holland has observed, there is a 41-day lag between when a deficiency is observed and when it appears on the DOH website. 

During 2025, Gracedale was cited for eight deficiencies on 4/16 (bedsores), 6/25 (abuse), 8/11 (staffing), 9/19 (elopement), 9/23 (elopement), 10/2 (elopement), 10/17 (abuse) and 11/18 (staffing). (I have previously detailed these deficiencies both here and here.)  How is it doing this year, and how does that stack up against other the 14 county-owned nursing homes? Let's check. 

In 2026, Gracedale has been cited just once during 5 visits so far. The one citation is for poor staffing. 

Berks Heim (Berks County) has had no visits or citations this year. 

Cedarbrook (Lehigh County) was visited once, but no deficiency was substantiated. 

Indian Haven (Indiana County) was visited three times, but no deficiency was found. 

Fair Acres (Delaware County) was visited twice and cited once. ,

John J Kane (Glen Hazel - Allegheny County) was visited once, and there was no deficiency. 

According to the DOH nursing home facility locator, Gracedale remains the only county-owned nursing home with a provisional license. It still provides the lowest amount of nursing care to the residents. 

John J Kane (McKeesport - Allegheny County) was visited twice and cited once.

John J Kane (Ross Tp - Allegheny County) was visited three times and with no citations. 

John J Kane (Scott Tp - Allegheny County) was visited once and cited. 

Neshaminy Manor (Bucks County) was visited and cited once.  

Pleasant Ridge Manor-West (Erie County) was visited once with no deficiency found. 

Pocopson Nursing Home (Chester County) has received no visits. 

Rouse-Warren County Home (Warren County) was visited twice, with no deficiencies noted. 

Westmoreland Manor (Westmoreland County) was cited visited once and no deficiencies were found.