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Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek

120 Lakeside Drive, Worthington, PA, 16262

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 395410Continuing-care retirement community

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall2 / 5
Health inspections1 / 5
Staffing3 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Quality Life Services
Certified beds
114 · avg 107 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
40.6%lower than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 45.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
28.6%lower than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 41.0% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
2 departednear the Pennsylvania averagePennsylvania avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
2 fines · $246,480 total
Payment denials
1 denial

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
395410
Certified beds
114 beds · avg 107 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Continuing-care community
Yes

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek, Llc
Chain affiliation
Quality Life Services

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitLlc

Chain affiliation

Part of the Quality Life Services chain — 10 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.8 / 5.

Disclosed owners (13 on record)

  • Lawrence Nicholas

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Sugar Creek Rest, Inc

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Encova Mutual Insurance Group Inc

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • First National Insurance Agency

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Bonnie Lopiccolo

    Adp of The Snf · since 2024

  • Christine Carter

    Adp of The Snf · since 2024

+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.

Recent change of ownership

March 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from Sugar Creek Rest

Transaction type: Change of Ownership

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

44 health citations on file2 immediate-jeopardy findings11 from complaints2 federal fines totalling $246K1 payment denial

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Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 44)

  • D0835·Mar 5, 2026Complaint

    Administration Deficiencies

    Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

  • K0805·Mar 5, 2026Complaint

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

  • E0656·Mar 5, 2026Complaint

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  • D0583·Mar 5, 2026Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

  • D0610·May 16, 2025Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  • D0609·May 16, 2025Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  • D0607·May 16, 2025Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

  • D0600·May 16, 2025Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20261 fine · $91K
  • 20241 fine · $155K · 1 payment denial

Most recent events

  • Mar 5, 2026Fine · $91K
  • May 8, 2024Payment denial · 22 days · starting Jun 20, 2024
  • May 8, 2024Fine · $155K

Largest single fine on record: $155K.

Fire-safety citations

7 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: May 16, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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