Elm Terrace Gardens is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-06-26. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (215) 361-5600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elm Terrace Gardens holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.4/100, placing it #7158 of 14703 facilities nationally and #292 of 657 in Pennsylvania. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Elm Terrace Gardens receives a reported average of 4 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 19 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $4,225. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elm Terrace Gardens ranks 7158th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 292nd out of 657 nursing homes. In Lansdale, it ranks 5th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 7. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,590 nationally and RN hours rank #1,140 nationally (#75 in PA). Our composite quality score of 72.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Lansdale, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/lansdale/