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Environmental Disrepair and Contamination on Multiple Units and Beauty Salon

Pottstown, Pennsylvania Survey Completed on 01-21-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Failure to provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment was evidenced by multiple areas of environmental disrepair and contamination observed on three nursing units and in the beauty salon. On the resident care units, surveyors observed missing and peeling wallpaper above a resident’s bed, separated and bubbled wallpaper below an air conditioner unit with exposed drywall, and dark marks on hallway walls. Several ceiling tiles in resident rooms and hallways were stained, including brown, red, and dark stains above resident beds and near air conditioner units. In one hallway, a stained ceiling tile was located above peeling wallpaper and exposed drywall that had a black substance on it.

Additional observations included large black-stained areas with dried liquid on a hallway wall, air conditioner units with black substances and dried black drip marks along the bottom, and dark dried liquid substances on hallway walls near resident room doors. A handrail below an air conditioner unit was covered along its corner piece with a black substance. There were black marks along the length of a hallway wall and a pervasive musty odor in that hallway during the observation period. In the beauty salon, black discolored areas were present on the wallpaper above the sink area and above the hair dryer chairs. These conditions were cited under 28 Pa. Code 201.14(a) Responsibility of licensee and 28 Pa. Code 201.18(b)(1) Management.