Pennsylvania Soldiers And Sailors Home is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-01-01. 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 (814) 871-4531 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Pennsylvania Soldiers And Sailors Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.6/100, placing it #6598 of 14703 facilities nationally and #272 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 Pennsylvania Soldiers And Sailors Home receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 27.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $176,348. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $176,348, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 47.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Pennsylvania Soldiers And Sailors Home ranks 6598th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 272nd out of 657 nursing homes. In Erie, it ranks 8th out of 14 facilities. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #896 nationally and RN hours rank #891 nationally (#61 in PA). Our composite quality score of 73.6/100 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 Erie, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/erie/