Pennypack Rehab And Care Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

51.3% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 44 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 62.7% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 59 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.36 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 60% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 9% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 54 beds and averages 47.2 residents a day — about 87% occupied, or roughly 7 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.15 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.71 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.69 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 2.92 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.25 on weekdays — 10% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.79 to 0.50 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 68% is well above the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

26 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 16 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · D2026-05-22 · tag F0580 — failed to tell family and doctor about changes — isolated
  Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on family interview, review of facility policy and review of clinical record, it was determined that facility did not ensure to timely notify resident representative after change in condition for one of 12 residents reviewed (Resident R5)Findings include: Review of facility policy 'Acute Condition Changes - Clinical Protocol,' revised March 2018, indicates that the policy did not include a protocol/process for notifying the resident representative of changes in the resident's status/condition, including who was responsible for notification, required timeframes, or documentation requirements. Review of Resident R5's clinical record revealed medical history of repeated falls, vascular dementia (progressive degenerative disease of the brain), glaucoma (increase eye pressure resulting in the inability of fluid do drain from the inner eye), acute and chronic respiratory failure, gait and mobility abnormalities, sick sinus syndrome (also called sinus node dysfunction- a group of heart rhythm problems caused by malfunction of the heart's natural pacemaker).Further review of Resident…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-05-22 · tag F0842 — failed to keep accurate, complete medical records — isolated
  Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure complete and accurate documentation related to a hospital discharged for 1 of 8 resident reviewed. (Resident 53) Findings Include: Review of Resident R53' s nursing notes dated March 13, 2026, at 12:51 p.m. revealed that the resident was transported for an Oncology appointment. Resident R53 was transferred to the local hospital from the Oncology appointment on March 13, 2026, at 6:33 p.m. due to a change in condition. Further review of nursing notes revealed no additional documentation or follow-up communication with the hospital, related to the resident admitting diagnosis, stay and discharge status. Interview with the Director of Nursing, Employee E2 on May 21, 2026, at 2:00p.m. confirmed that there was no follow up documentation related to Resident R53 transfer to the hospital. 28 Pa. Code 211.5(d) Medical records

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-01-02 · tag F0568 — isolated
  Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interviews with staff and residents, reviews of clinical records, review of personal funds accounting records and facility's policies and procedures, it was determined that for one of eight residents reviewed, the facility failed to maintain separate accounting and records for each resident's personal funds entrusted to the facility on the resident's behalf. (Resident Cl1)Findings include:A review of the facility's policy titled accounting and records of resident funds dated April 2021 it was revealed that the business office manage was responsible for maintaining accounting records on resident funds. The policy also indicated that the business office manager was responsible for maintaining records of all financial transactions involving each resident's personal needs account. The policy said that individual accounting ledgers are to be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The date of the resident's admission was to be indicated. The date and amount of each deposit and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-11-14 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interviews, review of clinical records and review of facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure residents were assessed and monitored after fall incidents for one out of two residents reviewed (Resident R1).Findings include:Review of the facility policy, Assessing Falls and Their Causes, with a revision date of March 2018 indicated that the purpose of the policy is to provide guidelines for assessing a resident after a fall and to assist staff in identifying causes of the fall. The policy also stated that if a resident has a fall, or is found on a floor without a witness to the event, that staff is to be evaluated for possible injuries to the head, neck, spine and extremities; obtain and record vital signs as soon as it is safe to do so; notify the physician; provide appropriate first aide and/or obtain treatment immediately if there is evidence of injury; observe for delayed complications of a fall for approximately 48 hours.document any observed signs or symptom of pain, swelling, bruising, deformity, and any changes in level of…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-08-21 · tag F0582 — isolated
  Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on the review of clinical records, and interviews with staff, it was determined that the facility failed to inform each resident before, or at the time of admission, and periodically during the resident's stay, of services available in the facility and of charges for those services, including any charges for services not covered under Medicare/ Medicaid or by the facility's per diem rate for one of 5 residents reviewed. (Resident R1).Findings Include:Review of clinical record revealed that Resident R1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE].Review of admission agreement for Resident R1 signed by resident and facility staff, at the time of resident's admission, revealed that the charges for the services including charges for residents stay at the facility when not covered under Medicare/Medicaid or insurance was not informed to the resident. The section where the charges should be described was left empty.Facility did not provide any documents that informed Resident R1 services available in the facility and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2025-06-06 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, review of facility policy and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that food was stored, prepared, distributed and served in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. Findings include: Review of the facility's undated Food Storage Policy, indicated that the Food Service Director and/or Cook(s) will ensure that all food items are stored properly, labeled and dated, and have 2 date system, which is the prepared date and use by date. Continued review of the policy also indicated that the Food Service Director and or cook(s) will ensure that all food items are stored properly by being in an air-tight container and labeled (if not in the original package) and dated with the receive date and then with opened and use by dates). During a tour of the dietary department on June 5, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. with the Food Service Director various food items were observed to have been opened, but not properly dated as follows: -a bag of frozen cut green…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-06-06 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — isolated
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interviews and review of facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to conduct a complete and thorough investigation related to an allegation of potential abuse/neglect for 1 out of 13 residents reviewed (Resident R101) Findings include: Review of the June 2025 physician orders for Resident R101 included the following diagnosis: diabetes (a disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose); hypertension (high blood pressure); pressure ulcer of left hip (a bedsore that develops due to prolonged pressure on that particular area of the body), and heart failure (the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs). Review of information submitted from the facility and to the State Survey Agency on November 20, 2024 indicated that on November 20, 2024 Resident R101 reported that a nurse aide (Employee E8) shoved a bed pan under him which hit his pressure ulcer, causing him to have severe pain during the 3:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. nursing shift. The resident also indicated that the nurse aide delayed providing him care by telling…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-06-06 · tag F0640 — isolated
  Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record reviews, review of facility policies and interviews with staff, it was determined that the facility failed to complete a discharge MDS assessment for one of 19 residents reviewed (Resident R9). Findings include: Review of facility policy, Resident Assessments dated March 2022, revealed, The resident assessment coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the interdisciplinary team conducts timely and appropriate resident assessments and reviews. Clinical record review for Resident R9 revealed that the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE], for short term rehabilitation. Review of progress notes revealed that the resident discharged home on February 3, 2025. Review of MDS (Minimum Data Set - a mandatory periodic resident assessment tool) assessments for Resident R9 revealed that a discharge MDS assessment had not been completed. Interview on June 5, 2025, at 9:03 a.m. the Director of Nursing confirmed that a discharge MDS had not been completed for Resident R9. 28 Pa Code…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-06-06 · tag F0655 — isolated
  Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on review of facility policy and review of clinical records, it was determined that the facility failed to develop and implement a baseline care plan for one of six new admissions reviewed (Resident R19). Findings Include: Review of facility policy on Care Plans-Baseline revealed that under section Policy Statement A baseline plan of care to meet the resident's immediate health and safety needs is developed for each resident within forty-eight (48) hours of admission. Under section Policy Interpretation and Implementation #1. The baseline care plan includes instructions needed to provide effective, person-centered care of the resident that meet professional standards of quality care and must include the minimum healthcare information necessary to properly care for the resident including, but not limited to the following: a. Initial goals based on admission orders and discussion with the resident/representative; b. Physician orders. c. Dietary orders. #2. The baseline care plan is used until the staff can…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-06-06 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, review of facility policies, clinical record reviews and interviews with staff, it was determined that the facility failed to follow physician orders during medication administration for one of five residents observed during medication administration (Resident R34). Findings include: Review of facility policy, Administering Medications dated April 2019, revealed, Medications are administered in accordance with prescriber orders. Observation on June 3, 2025, at 9:37 a.m. of morning medication pass revealed Employee E5, licensed nurse, prepare a lidocaine 4% patch (pain medication applied to the skin) and apply it to Resident R34's left shoulder. Review of physician's orders for Resident R34 revealed an order dated February 9, 2025, for lidocaine 5% patch, apply to left shoulder in the morning. Interview on June 3, 2025, at 2:10 p.m. Employee E5, licensed nurse, confirmed that Resident R34 was ordered a lidocaine 5% patch and that she administered a lidocaine 4% patch. Employee E5, licensed nurse, stated that there were only lidocaine 4% patches available in the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

The source lists no ownership percentage for any party here — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 83% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2024. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2024). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in PA