CCN 395631 · Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
United Zion Retirement Communi
722 Furnace Hill Pike, Lititz, PA 17543
United Zion Retirement Communi is a 59-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lititz, Pennsylvania, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1984. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 54.7 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 59
- Average residents per day
- 54.7 (92.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- United Zion Retirement Community
- Certified since
- Feb 1, 1984
- Chain or affiliated group
- Friends Services for the Aging (5 facilities, chain average 4.6 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Pennsylvania median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 145 at 1, 135 at 2, 118 at 3, 97 at 4, 157 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.94 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.03 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.19 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 19.2% | 44.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.7% | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $7,443 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Aug 8, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). United Zion Retirement Communi meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Zion Retirement CommunityOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/1966 |
| Bankunited, NAOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 07/02/2024 |
| Bankunited, NAOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/02/2024 |
| Covenant Alliance Rehab East LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/18/2015 |
| Forefront Healthcare, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/15/2024 |
| Friends Services for the AgingOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Wellspan Medical GroupOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/29/2015 |
| Aguillard, ChristopherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/19/2021 |
| Bashore, MitchellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/05/2021 |
| Diaz, Katiria-MarieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/06/2025 |
| Elmore, RaymondIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/13/2024 |
| Faus, JessicaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/15/2019 |
| Groff, HollyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2022 |
| Haupt, EllenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/26/2018 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Bankunited, NA.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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