Beth Sanders
Jul 2026
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Quick Facts
- Total units
- 89
- Medicare rating
- 2 of 5
- Ownership
- Non profit, Church related
- Certified beds
- 89
- Inspections
- View history (46 citations)
- Pet policy
- Small pets allowed in independent and skilled nursing
- Pricing structure
- All-inclusive rent covers utilities, cable, housekeeping
- Continuum of care
- Priority admission to other campus levels if needs change
- Therapy screening schedule
- Therapy needs screened at admission and quarterly
CMS Care Compare
What Families Think
Reviews for this community are sharply mixed: some visitors describe it as a caring place for elderly family members, while others report serious concerns about nursing competence and staff responsiveness during a family member's final days. With only 8 Google reviews and a 3.4 rating, the sample is small but the negative accounts are detailed and specific to skilled nursing care.
The Good
- Modern independent living cottages and apartments
- All-inclusive rent covers utilities and housekeeping
- 24/7 skilled nursing with RN/LPN/CNA staff
- On-site short-term rehab and outpatient therapy
- Small pets welcome in independent and nursing settings
- Priority admission across campus if care needs change
The Bad
- One detailed report of incompetent, uncaring nursing staff
- One account describes empty hallways and unanswered call-outs
- One reviewer described unresolved pain management concerns
- Small review sample makes patterns hard to confirm
AI-generated from reviews and community data.
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg is a senior living community in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania offering Independent Living and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Social Activities, Housekeeping and Laundry Service. Families rate it 3.4 out of 5 across 8 reviews.
About Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg
The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg is a senior living community in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, offering independent living, skilled nursing care, and short-term rehabilitation services. The community provides modern cottages and apartments in a residential neighborhood setting with opportunities for social engagement and peace of mind regarding future care needs.
Independent living residents choose from private cottages at Blairmont and Hickory Commons, which feature one-floor designs with multiple floor plans, or 38 renovated apartments at Hillcrest overlooking the campus. All-inclusive monthly rent covers utilities, internet, cable, trash removal, light housekeeping, laundry facilities, activities, and a medical alert system. Each apartment includes a full kitchen with stainless steel appliances, dishwasher, and a bathroom with shower-tub combination and grab bars.
Skilled nursing care is available 24 hours a day for long-term and short-term rehabilitation residents. The nursing team, composed of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nurse assistants, delivers personalized care coordinated with each resident's physician. The building features Y-shaped rooms designed for privacy and individual windows. All skilled nursing residents receive screening for physical, occupational, or speech therapy needs upon admission and quarterly thereafter, with restorative nursing services provided by specially trained staff.
The community's rehabilitation program serves patients recovering from hospitalizations, surgeries, and injuries including hip or knee replacements, fractures, back surgery, strokes, and falls. Therapists provide one-on-one treatment combining occupational, physical, and speech therapy, with in-home evaluations and equipment recommendations to ensure safe discharge. Short-term rehabilitation residents benefit from restorative nursing to maintain gains made during therapy.
Enrichment programs at the community are designed to stimulate cognitive, physical, and spiritual health. Residents have access to comfortable gathering areas, gardens, and lounges for spending time with family and friends. Small pets are welcome in both independent and skilled nursing accommodations. Priority admission to other campus accommodations is available for residents whose care needs change.
Types of Care at Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg
Independent LivingSkilled Nursing / Long Term Care
Amenities
Room Amenities
- Cable or Satellite TV
- Emergency Call System
- Multiple Floor Plans
- Private Bathroom
- Private Rooms
- Washer & Dryer
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Wi-Fi / High-Speed Internet
Community Amenities
- 24-Hour Staff
- Housekeeping
- Laundry Service
- On-Site Nurse (RN)
- Security
Activities
- Social Activities (Happy Hour, Wine Tasting, Dances, Karaoke)
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Help Me ChooseReviews of Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg
3.4overall · 8 ratings combined
3.4★ on Google (8)
Samantha Shenoy
Mar 2026
Incompetent administration & staff.
Tammy Brown
Dec 2025
The level of incompetence of the nursing care left me speechless. My dying father was there temporarily but upon witnessing the staff working there we could not get my father out fast enough. Upon entering all you see are empty desk and halls. When you have an 88 year old man in the active stages of dying and the nurse takes it upon herself to give her less than caring and medically uniformed opinions to a patient then that suggest a lot more education needs to be taught to your staff. When a man who is barely awake and only comes to when his pain in severe, a callous nurse says, "it's not time for your medicine and of course it hurts. Your stomach is just black dead tissue" and then nonchalantly walks out. You have a serious problem at your facility. When a patient is on oxygen for an extended period of time it's common knowledge to even a lay person that it will dry out the nasal passages. When the family is sitting right there with the patient who says his nose is dry and irritated and the family ask the nurse for some saline gel for his nose, the nurse then says sounding confused, I don't think the Dr prescribed nose spay. I said, Not nose spray just some gel for his nose where the tubes are. The nurse then yells for another nurse and ask, Did the Dr order nose spray? Once again I said to the both of them, NOT NOSE SPRAY! Just some gel for his nostrils. They both walk off together saying, We'll ask the Dr about nose spray. Dear lord the incompetence I observed left me speechless. I waited a moment and then headed out into the hallway looking for anybody. The entire times I visited I never saw ANYONE from end to end in any hallway including other floors. An exorborant amount of money is charged for each patient and i did notice that no expense was spared in decorating. But all that money did little to help the people yelling out in pain. Nor did anyone rush to help the woman in a wheelchair screaming for help in the hallway. Im just curious how much are the execs are paid? Maybe those questions aren"t important. What does seem important is stressing on your website that this home is LGBTQ friendly. Since you claim to be a Luthern home have fun explaining your priorities to God.
Amy Mallory
Oct 2017
Wonderful place for elderly family members.
Government Inspection History
4 inspection visits in the last three years, 46 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Dec 10, 2025Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard14 citations
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Provide training in compliance and ethics.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 18, 2025
Sep 12, 2024Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard22 citations
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 2, 2024
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 2, 2024
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 2, 2024
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 2, 2024
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Ensure 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.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Honor 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.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 5, 2024
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 1, 2024
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 2, 2024
Jun 25, 2024Health Complaint1 citation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jun 24, 2024
Oct 12, 2023Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard9 citations
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 28, 2023
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 28, 2023
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 15, 2023
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jan 2, 2024
Implement 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.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jan 2, 2024
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 15, 2023
Ensure 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.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 28, 2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 28, 2023
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 28, 2023
Source: CMS Care Compare, public federal data covering certified nursing facilities, refreshed monthly. Citations range from A (least serious) to L (most serious) on the federal scope and severity scale. Most citations are corrected quickly; review the details and ask the community about anything that concerns you.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of care does Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg offer?
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg offers Independent Living and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Where is Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg located?
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg is located at 916 Hickory Street in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
What do families say about Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg?
Reviews for this community are sharply mixed: some visitors describe it as a caring place for elderly family members, while others report serious concerns about nursing competence and staff responsiveness during a family member's final days. With only 8 Google reviews and a 3.4 rating, the sample is small but the negative accounts are detailed and specific to skilled nursing care.
How did Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg do on recent health and safety inspections?
Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg had 4 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 46 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.
How can families visit Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg?
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