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Nursing home · West Chester, PA

Barclay Friends

700 North Franklin, West Chester, PA 19380

RN turnover here is 18.8%, well under the Pennsylvania average of 39.4%.

RN turnover
18.8%
Pennsylvania average 39.4%
RN time per resident
56 min/day
Pennsylvania average 46 min
Nursing team turnover
29.9%
Pennsylvania average 44.6%
CMS staffing rating
5 of 5
Certified beds 64
The numbers, in plain English

Working at Barclay Friends

Barclay Friends is a 64-bed nursing home in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 18.8% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 605 Pennsylvania nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 39.4%, so Barclay Friends keeps its RNs better than 84% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells the same kind of story. Residents here receive about 56 minutes of RN time per day, against 46 minutes across Pennsylvania. That is more RN coverage than 76% of Pennsylvania nursing homes. CMS gives Barclay Friends a staffing rating of 5 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 29.9% here compared with 44.6% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

  • About 81% of RNs counted here stayed through CMS's 12-month measurement period, so you would join a team with continuity.
  • RN hours per resident run above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

Questions to ask in your interview

  • How many residents does each RN cover on the shift I would work?
  • How is weekend RN coverage handled?
  • What keeps your RNs here? Ask the nurses you meet, not only the manager.
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Sources. CMS Care Compare nursing home provider data, released October 2026. Turnover is the share of staff who stopped working at the facility over a 12-month period. CMS Five-Star overall rating from CMS Care Compare.