The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
ALTOONA, PA · Medicare-certified · 240 beds
3 of 5 stars overall. Health inspections are below average at 2 stars, staffing is 3 stars with reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.61 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day), quality measures are 5 stars, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6114 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6114.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to fully assess a resident promptly on admission and then keep that assessment updated regularly. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 636 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to update each resident’s assessment at least every three months. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 638 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to encode each resident’s assessment data and send it to the state on time. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 640 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to make sure each resident got an accurate assessment of their needs and condition. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 641 — 42 CFR §483.20(g) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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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.