Little Sisters of the Poor
A nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
1028 Benton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212. (412) 307-1100.
- Cited for abuse (CMS flag)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Pennsylvania average: 10.0
- 5.52 nurse hours per resident per day Pennsylvania average: 3.90
- 4 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Pennsylvania average is 10.0.
Last standard inspection Jan 22, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Apr 16, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
48 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 48 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 15 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 26, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Jan 22, 2026: standard inspection2 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Jan 22, 2026: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Dec 3, 2025: complaint inspection6 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
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Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
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Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
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Provide training in compliance and ethics.
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Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
May 21, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Apr 16, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Nov 27, 2024: standard inspection22 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.
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Allow residents to easily view the nursing home’s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
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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.
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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.
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Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
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Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
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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.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
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Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
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Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
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Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
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Provide training in compliance and ethics.
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Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
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Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Nov 27, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Dec 8, 2023: standard inspection9 citations
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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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.
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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.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jan 11, 2008.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- CMS marks it with its abuse icon: cited for abuse or neglect that harmed a resident.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
- 48 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 4 fines in the last three years, $59,057 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 15 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Fine | $9,110 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Fine | $8,236 |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Fine | $25,672 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Fine | $16,039 |
Who does the caring?
5.52 nurse hours per resident per day
The Pennsylvania average is 3.90.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Pennsylvania average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 5.52 | 3.90 |
| Of which registered nurses | 1.59 | 0.78 |
| At weekends | 4.90 | 3.52 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.4% | 44.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 33.3% | 39.4% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Little Sisters of the Poor of the State of Pennsylvania runs it.
- 12 owners or officers are people: A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Mary Rowley (corporate officer); Mary Rowley (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Loraine Maguire (corporate officer); Loraine Maguire (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Loraine Maguire (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jansi George (corporate officer); Jansi George (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Danielle Byrd (corporate officer); Danielle Byrd (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | May 22, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | May 22, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | May 22, 2025 | |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of the State of Pennsylvania | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 1966 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2021 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 23, 2020 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 23, 2000 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | May 22, 2025 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Pennsylvania average 3.8).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 6.3 miles, this one had the 11th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (11; the middle value was 22).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Little Sisters of the Poor This nursing home | 11 | |
| Concordia at Rp Home | 1.9 | 21 |
| Spring Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 2.6 | 79 |
| Highland Hills Post Acute | 4.1 | 23 |
| Canterbury Place | 4.3 | 34 |
| Caring Heights Community Care & Rehab Ctr | 4.4 | 32 |
| John J Kane Regional Center-Ro | 4.5 | 38 |
| Vincentian Home | 4.7 | 13 |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Tcu | 5.2 | 5 |
| Ivy Park Post Acute | 6.0 | 31 |
| East End Health & Rehab Center | 6.1 | 14 |
| Masonic Village at Sewickley | 6.3 | 14 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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