F0584

D

Damaged Walls, Peeling Wallpaper, and Ceiling Defects on Two Nursing Units

Allentown, Pennsylvania Survey Completed on 02-02-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Surveyors identified that the facility failed to maintain a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment on two of three nursing units. On the second floor, multiple resident rooms (203, 210, 212, 218, and 220) had marred and scratched walls, and the wall below the handrail outside one room was similarly marred, with the handrail itself having deep scratches. Wallpaper was peeling between two rooms and in the hallway near another room, with a piece of wallpaper missing near the elevator control panel. In one room, a large section of wall behind the bed by the door was damaged, with missing drywall and paint, and a middle privacy curtain in another room was stained. On the third floor, there was a large crack in the ceiling over the bed by the door in one room, and a ceiling tile was missing outside another room, exposing wires in the ceiling.

These observed environmental deficiencies occurred during an environmental tour of the second floor at 11:15 a.m. and the third floor at 12:00 p.m. on the same survey date, demonstrating that the resident environment on these units was not being maintained in a clean and homelike manner as required.