Nursing home report
Registered name: Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
WILKES BARRE, PA · Medicare-certified · 180 beds
River View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wilkes Barre, PA has a 1 out of 5 overall rating, with a 1-star staffing rating and 3.50 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, below the 4.1 federal benchmark. It has no fines in the last 24 months, but it is flagged for the lowest overall rating and recent inspection issues included infection control, special eating equipment/assistance, and care provided according to orders and resident preferences/goals.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5034 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5034.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
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
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
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 and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to provide special eating tools and the right help for residents who needed assistance with eating. Cited September 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 810 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited June 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
A federal payment denial was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 1 payment denial.
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
Jun 14, 2024
Now operated by River View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, previously Timber Ridge Health Care Center.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
