The nursing home failed to make sure each resident got an accurate assessment of their needs and condition. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 641 — 42 CFR §483.20(g) — S/S: D
Nursing home report
LUTHER CREST NURSING FACILITY
ALLENTOWN, PA · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
Luther Crest Nursing Facility has a 5-star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and quality measures and 4 stars for staffing. It reports 4.70 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months, though recent inspection citations included assessment, care plan/treatment, and activities-of-daily-living issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.703 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.703.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.25
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.90
- Nurse aides
- 2.56
- Weekend nursing
- 4.33
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 66%
Registered nurse turnover: 57%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
8.4%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
7.9%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
0.4%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.5%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4.4%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
17.4%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
41%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
10.8%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.8%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
35.3%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.8%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.1%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
96.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.5%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents kept their ability to do everyday activities unless there was a medical reason. Cited July 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 676 — 42 CFR §483.24 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited July 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: D
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited June 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 46.9 residents on an average day (78% of 60 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 42 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.