Nursing homes › Pennsylvania › Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg
916 Hickory Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 · 8146964527 · 89 certified beds
CMS lists no chain affiliation for this facility. Ownership type on record: Non profit - Church related.
Total nurse staffing: 4.16 (Pennsylvania median: 3.63). RN hours: 0.89. Weekend total: 3.81. Nursing staff turnover: 48%.
All-time on record: 39 deficiency citations. Below: citations from 2023 onward (severity letters explained in methodology).
| Survey date | Deficiency | Sev. | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Provide training in compliance and ethics. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2025-12-10 | Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-18 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining. | D | Health | corrected 2024-04-05 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | 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. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-09-12 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-01 |
| 2024-06-25 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | G | complaint | corrected 2024-06-24 |
| 2023-10-12 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | G | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-12 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-12 | Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | E | Health | corrected 2024-01-02 |
| 2023-10-12 | 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. | E | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-12 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | Health | corrected 2024-01-02 |
| 2023-10-12 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-12 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-25 | Fine | $11,132 |
| 2023-10-12 | Fine | $90,773 |
| Name | Role | Type | % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWERSOX, EDWARD | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| BRADLEY, THOMAS | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 07/01/2008 |
| BRENNEMAN, HELEN | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 09/20/2006 |
| COBAUGH, DAVID | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2010 |
| FREDERICK, CAROL | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| GLEN, SUZANNE | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| LLOYD, WILLIAM | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 05/01/2011 |
| MEARKLE, AMY | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 05/01/2012 |
| MILLER, JOHN | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| REIGHARD, CHRISTOPHER | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 05/24/1999 |
| RHYNE, MICHAEL | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| SAVAGE, PATRICIA | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 09/20/2006 |
| SMITH, ELAINE | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2016 |
| THOMPSON, WILLIAM | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 09/20/2006 |
| WHIPKEY, RICHARD | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2012 |
| WILLIAMSON, SUSAN | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2013 |
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (July 2026 release) — provider file, deficiency file, ownership file, penalty file. CCN 395427. Corrections: data@carerecords.org.