102 E HORTTER ST, Philadelphia, PA 19119
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Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center brings together compassionate clinical expertise and personalized care in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our skilled nursing and rehabilitation programs focus on helping patients regain independence through evidence-based treatment, therapeutic support, and individualized recovery plans tailored to each person's unique needs.
Capacity
269 residents
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Status
Listed in a public registry
6445 GERMANTOWN AVENUE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 12, 2025, state inspectors cited 16 health deficiencies (the Pennsylvania average is 10.0).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 22 minutes with each resident a day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3 hours 53 minutes.
Medicare fined Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center once in the last three years, $16,039 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 22 minutesBelow the Pennsylvania average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 21 minutesBelow the Pennsylvania average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 44% |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
47 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
January 5, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
November 25, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
1 fine totaling $16,039 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on June 12, 2025 and cited 16 health deficiencies, 15 of them from complaint investigations. The Pennsylvania average is 10.0.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 22 minutes with each resident per day, including 21 minutes from registered nurses. 44% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center once in the last three years, totaling $16,039.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.