Berkshire Center
Nursing Home Facility
5501 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA 19606
Berkshire Center is located in suburban Exeter Township outside of Reading, Pennsylvania. Our location boasts a wide variety of stores, restaurants, and nearby attractions. Berkshire Center provides comprehensive long and short-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, with a dedicated short-term rehabilitation unit. Berkshire Center offers state-of-the-art therapy gyms, a Chef with restaurant-style fine dining, and beautifully decorated rooms. Our clinical capabilities are continuously enhanced by our Certified Nurse Practitioner, Physiatrist, Doctors, as well as our dedicated staff of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants. Our Campus includes Berkshire Commons which is a Senior Living Community.
Operated by Genesis HealthCare, which runs 499 communities in our directory.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 93% of its licensed beds, which is high; communities this full often maintain a waiting list, so it is worth calling well before you need a place.
Medicare rates this community 4 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Reading average about 3.0 stars. Its most recent standard health inspection was in November 2025 and recorded 6 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.6 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 39%.
The community is located in Berks County, PA.
Berkshire Center offers memory care, nursing home care, hospice care, respite care, and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit corporation
- Occupancy 93%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.3
- Annual staff turnover 39%
- Last health inspection November 2025