Nursing homeActive
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg
916 Hickory Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648814696452789 certified beds · 41 residentsNon profit - Church relatedMedicare and Medicaid
Surveys on file
5
since 2023
Deficiencies
40
● 0● 38● 2
Penalties · 3 yrs
$101,905
2 fines
Last survey
2026-06-18
Complaint
CMS overall
2 / 5
stars as published by CMS
CMS overall 2/5
Health 2
Staffing 4
Quality 4
Star ratings as published by CMS · CMS’s caveats
Survey history
Source: CMS · Pennsylvania Department of Health · data as of 2026-08-01| Date | Kind | Deficiencies | Official record | Archived PDF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | Complaint | 010 | CMS-2567 (Care Compare) | — |
| 2025-12-10 | Standard | 0140 | CMS-2567 (Care Compare) | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Standard | 0170 | CMS-2567 (Care Compare) | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Complaint | 001 | CMS-2567 (Care Compare) | — |
| 2023-10-12 | Standard | 061 | CMS-2567 (Care Compare) | — |
Counts by class: paperwork · standard · harm.
Deficiencies
CMS · Pennsylvania Department of Health publishes each citation’s tag, official description and scope/severity letter. The surveyor’s written findings are in the Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567) for each survey, linked above.
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningFalls
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Correction not yet recordedRecord 395427-20260618-F689
F655Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admittedScope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F655
F684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F684
F686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F686
F730Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.Scope/severity DStandard
Staffing
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F730
F760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.Scope/severity DStandard
Medication
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F760
F812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.Scope/severity DStandard
Food & nutrition
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F812
F941Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.Scope/severity DStandard
Records
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F941
F942Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.Scope/severity DStandard
Dignity & rights
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F942
F943Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.Scope/severity DStandard
Abuse & neglect
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F943
F944Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.Scope/severity DStandard
Records
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F944
F945Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.Scope/severity DStandard
Infection control
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F945
F946Provide training in compliance and ethics.Scope/severity DStandard
Records
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F946
F947Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.Scope/severity DStandard
Staffing
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F947
F949Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.Scope/severity DStandard
Records
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-12-18Record 395427-20251210-F949
F578Honor 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.Scope/severity DStandard
Dignity & rights
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F578
F623Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.Scope/severity EStandard
Dignity & rights
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F623
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F656
F657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningRecords
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F657
F676Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F676
F684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F684
F686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F686
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningFalls
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F689
F690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F690
F692Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F692
F729Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.Scope/severity DStandard
Staffing
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-04-05Record 395427-20240912-F729
F755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.Scope/severity DStandard
Medication
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F755
F761Ensure 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.Scope/severity DStandard
Medication
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F761
F770Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.Scope/severity DStandard
Records
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F770
F842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningRecords
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F842
F867Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.Scope/severity EStandard
Records
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F867
F880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.Scope/severity DStandard
Infection control
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-11-01Record 395427-20240912-F880
F600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.Scope/severity GHarm
Abuse & neglect
Isolated; actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy.Corrected 2024-06-24Record 395427-20240625-F600
F600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.Scope/severity GHarm
Abuse & neglect
Isolated; actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy.Corrected 2023-11-28Record 395427-20231012-F600
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-11-28Record 395427-20231012-F656
F657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningRecords
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-11-28Record 395427-20231012-F657
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningFalls
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-11-28Record 395427-20231012-F689
F758Implement 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.Scope/severity EStandard
Medication
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-01-02Record 395427-20231012-F758
F761Ensure 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.Scope/severity EStandard
Medication
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-11-28Record 395427-20231012-F761
F842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningRecords
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-01-02Record 395427-20231012-F842
Penalties & enforcement
| Date | Action | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-25 | Civil money penalty | $11,132 | CMS · Penalties |
| 2023-10-12 | Civil money penalty | $90,773 | CMS · Penalties |
Staffing
CMS Payroll-Based Journal · PBJ, as published Aug 2026 · explainerRN hours per resident day0.89
Facility
Pennsylvania
National
Pennsylvania 0.79 · National 0.69
Total nurse hours per resident day4.16
Facility
Pennsylvania
National
Pennsylvania 3.89 · National 3.86
Weekend total nurse hours3.81
Facility
Pennsylvania
National
Pennsylvania 3.53 · National 3.42
Total nursing staff turnover48%
Facility
Pennsylvania
National
Pennsylvania 45% · National 46%
Registered nurse turnover40%
Facility
Pennsylvania
National
Pennsylvania 40% · National 43%
Quality measures
CMS MDS quality measures · 2025Q2-2026Q1 · definitions| Measure | Facility | Pennsylvania | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers lower is better | 0.7% | 4.8% | 4.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury lower is better | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication lower is better | 3.4% | 17.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection lower is better | 7.0% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained lower is better | 1.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased lower is better | 25.9% | 16.8% | 13.9% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight lower is better | 9.4% | 6.2% | 5.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication lower is better | 21.9% | 20.0% | 19.5% |
Figures verbatim from CMS, with the state and national figures from the same release. The direction that counts as better is CMS’s own and is stated on every row.
Ownership
As reported to CMS (Provider Enrollment)| Entity | Role | Interest | Since | Registry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowersox, Edward Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Bradley, Thomas Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Brenneman, Helen Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Cobaugh, David Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Evans, Chad Individual | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Frederick, Carol Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Glen, Suzanne Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Lloyd, William Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Mearkle, Amy Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Miller, John Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Reighard, Christopher Individual | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Reighard, Christopher Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Rhyne, Michael Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Savage, Patricia Individual | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Savage, Patricia Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Smith, Elaine Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Thompson, William Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Whipkey, Richard Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
| Williamson, Susan Individual | CORPORATE OFFICER | NOT APPLICABLE | — | — |
Ownership as reported to CMS/state. CMS ownership data has known gaps; merges between entities are published only after human review.
Cost context
County figures from public surveys. Not this facility’s price. Nursing-home rates are not published by CMS or Pennsylvania.
No county cost figures on file for Blair.
Nearby nursing homes
| Facility | Distance | Last survey | Deficiencies · 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollidaysburg Veterans Home Hollidaysburg | 0.2 mi | 2026-06-11 | 0323 |
| Presbyterian Homes-Presby Hollidaysburg | 0.9 mi | 2025-11-20 | 0333 |
| Garvey Manor Hollidaysburg | 1.0 mi | 2026-06-04 | 0301 |
| Hilltop Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Altoona | 3.8 mi | 2026-05-19 | 1420 |
| Maybrook Hills Rehabilitation And Healthcare Cente Altoona | 5.6 mi | 2026-06-30 | 0560 |
Watch this facility
One email when a new survey, harm-class deficiency, penalty, Special Focus change or ownership change is recorded. Nothing else, ever.
Sources & provenance
| Section | Agency · dataset | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Facility, ratings | CMS Provider Data · Nursing Home Provider Information | 2026-08-01 |
| Surveys | CMS · Survey Summary | 2026-08-01 |
| Deficiencies | CMS · Health Deficiencies (CMS-2567 findings via Care Compare) | 2026-08-01 |
| Penalties | CMS · Penalties | 2026-08-01 |
| Staffing | CMS · Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ, as published Aug 2026) | 2026-08-01 |
| Quality measures | CMS · MDS Quality Measures | 2026-08-01 |
| Ownership | CMS · Ownership | 2026-08-01 |