The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited January 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: D
Nursing home report
Lebanon Valley Brethren Home
PALMYRA, PA · Medicare-certified · 88 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
Overall rating: 5 of 5 stars. Lebanon Valley Brethren Home has top ratings across health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, reported nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (5.27 vs 4.1 hours/resident/day), and no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.2738 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 6, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.2738.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.07
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.21
- Nurse aides
- 3.00
- Weekend nursing
- 4.62
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 27%
Registered nurse turnover: 8%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
18.4%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.1%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.3%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
2%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
24.5%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
28%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
18.3%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
25.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
92.4%Worsening
What the inspectors found
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 53.8 residents on an average day (61% of 88 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 47 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.