Dunmore Health Care Center

    1000 Mill St, Dunmore, PA 18512
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.89·(72)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      3.4
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Kind, attentive nurses and aides
    • Strong rehabilitation services and reported functional gains
    • Knowledgeable and professional interdisciplinary staff
    • Clean, orderly, home-like surroundings
    • Engaging activities tailored to residents’ interests
    • Supportive admissions and discharge coordination
    • Respectful resident interactions and emotional support
    • Family involvement and helpful updates from staff
    • Timely medication administration
    • Generally appealing meals and dining support

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and aide availability
    • Delays answering call bells and attending to residents
    • Inconsistent clinical monitoring and personal-care follow-through
    • Variable therapy delivery and care-plan coordination
    • Slow or incomplete family communication and returned calls
    • Billing transparency and administrative follow-through concerns
    • Variable staff courtesy and communication tone
    • Inconsistent room-cleaning routines
    • Mixed food quality and menu suitability

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews describe a mixed but often positive experience at Dunmore Health Care Center. Many residents and families praise the nursing and aide staff as kind, attentive, and respectful. Short-term rehabilitation is a notable strength in numerous accounts, with residents describing progress in walking, stair use, and returning home. Other reviews, however, describe inconsistent therapy delivery, clinical monitoring, personal-care follow-through, and response times. A few highly serious individual accounts raise concerns about assistance and clinical oversight during periods of medical deterioration, including concerns following residents’ deaths. These accounts contrast with many positive descriptions of care, and the review text alone cannot establish the circumstances of individual cases.

    Staff interactions are frequently described as warm and supportive, and families often value the humor, patience, and personal attention residents receive. Admissions staff and some nursing, social-services, and therapy personnel are specifically praised for helping residents and families. Experiences with communication are less consistent: some families report helpful updates and prompt attention to concerns, while others describe delayed answers, unanswered calls, or difficulty obtaining timely information about care plans and finances. Several comments also point to staffing pressures and variation in staff courtesy.

    The physical environment is commonly described as clean, orderly, and comfortable, with some visitors noting a welcoming atmosphere and activities that help residents stay engaged. A smaller set of accounts raises concerns about room-cleaning and personal-care routines, so experiences in these areas appear variable. Activities are a recurring positive, including crafts, games, gardening, and options offered to residents who prefer to participate in their rooms. Dining feedback is mixed: some residents and families enjoy the meals and menu variety, while others find the food or menu unsatisfactory.

    Administrative and financial support also receives mixed feedback. Some families praise admissions, billing, and social-services staff for clear explanations and assistance with transitions; others report difficulty reaching departments, delayed financial communication, and paperwork or records challenges. Overall, the reviews suggest a facility with well-regarded staff, activities, and rehabilitation for many residents, alongside meaningful concerns about consistency in staffing, responsiveness, clinical follow-through, and administrative communication.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Dunmore Health Care Center is located at 1000 Mill St, Dunmore, PA, 18512.

    About Dunmore Health Care Center

    Dunmore Health Care Center sits over at 1000 Mill St, Dunmore, PA 18512, and some folks might say it's a pretty modern place for nursing care, though it's got its own ups and downs, like most places do, and right now they're not accepting new patients or holding regular office hours, so you'd want to check online if there'd ever be a change. The center runs as a skilled nursing facility and has been managed by Saber Governance, LLC since September 2019, with Lori Sakalas stepping up in May 2024, and the whole thing is owned completely by Saber Pa Holdings, LLC, which connects it to Saber Healthcare Group. With 92 certified beds and an average of 82 residents each day, the place handles both long-term and short-term care, focusing mainly on skilled nursing, rehabilitation, speech therapy, memory care, pain management, and nutrition help, and they even have services for wound treatment and stroke recovery. Staff includes everyone from physicians, nurses, therapists, and caregivers, all providing care and trying to support both the bodies and spirits of the folks who live there, and they do run plenty of activities-Catholic mass, ceramics, council meetings, store trips, and those popular ice cream outings-and Residents also get free DirecTV in their rooms.

    They do try for a home-like feeling and social life, with life enrichment events and community outings, and they seem dedicated to giving care based on what each senior needs, though it's only fair to mention that they've had state inspection reports showing 42 deficiencies, including one for infection control and thirteen more involving infection and care standards, which really means they've got room to improve-especially on things like resident assessment, care planning, and keeping infections in check, though the official notes say there was no actual harm but a potential for more than minimal harm. Dunmore Health Care Center is mostly staffed by English-speaking employees and averages about 3.62 nurse hours per resident each day, which is lower than the Pennsylvania average of 3.9, and their nurse turnover rate is sitting at 55.3%, which is also higher than the state's 47%. People who want to know more can check the center's website for directions and visitation rules, but for now, the main points are that Dunmore Health Care Center handles skilled nursing and rehabilitation in a modern setting, offers activities and personal care, and gets mixed reviews with an average rating hovering around 2.9 stars out of 32 reviews, which paints a picture of a place with strengths but also some real challenges to keep in mind.

    People often ask...

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