Centre Care Rehabilitation And Wellness Services is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-01-01. 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) 278-6000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Centre Care Rehabilitation And Wellness Services holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), 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 59.8/100, placing it #12122 of 14703 facilities nationally and #513 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 Centre Care Rehabilitation And Wellness Services receives a reported average of 3 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $14,690. 48 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. 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 42.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Centre Care Rehabilitation And Wellness Services ranks 12122nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.8/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 513th out of 657 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,568 nationally and RN hours rank #9,707 nationally (#518 in PA). Our composite quality score of 59.8/100 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 Bellefonte, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/bellefonte/