Hickory House Nursing Home sits on Horseshoe Pike in Honey Brook, PA, and provides both short-term therapy and long-term care for about 99 residents each day. The place has 110 certified beds, with private and semiprivate rooms that have their own bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, satellite television, wireless Internet, and telephone connections, and the rooms come with either private or shared setups, so people have some choices there, and there are common areas for social activities, dining rooms, landscaped grounds, and courtyards where folks can spend time outdoors when the weather's nice. Hickory House helps people healing after surgery with post-operative recovery, inpatient and outpatient rehab, advanced therapy equipment like VitalStim therapy for swallowing problems, and Closed Pulse Irrigation for wound care. The in-house team of nurses and therapists develops individual care plans, and the facility provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, along with IV therapy, infection management, and specialized wound care, so families know someone's always around to help out.
Hickory House offers religious services, transportation for outside events or appointments, a full-time activity director planning different programs, an on-site beauty and barber shop, and family/resident councils where people can talk about their needs and suggestions, and if someone's getting ready to leave the facility, the community re-entry program supports the move back home or into another place. Safety is a focus, with 24/7 security and fire systems, and the facility is pet-friendly, letting residents get visits from animals for companionship. When it comes to staff, there's a nurse turnover rate of 60.8% and nurse staffing averages 3.71 nurse hours for each resident per day. The place is owned by Life Care Centers of America, with Forrest Preston listed as the main holder of indirect ownership, and managers such as Olayemi Adio, Kelli Campbell, Todd Fletcher, Andrew Graf, Zofia Long, Aubrey Preston, and James Ziegler overseeing day-to-day operations. Hickory House is accredited by The Joint Commission, certified for Medicare, and specializes in helping people through extensive rehab services as well as day-to-day nursing and resident care needs.
Facility records show some documented deficiencies, including failures to respond properly to certain violations, provide all needed treatments according to orders, and make sure the place stays safe and free of hazards with enough supervision; inspection reports note these issues, so people might want to review them. Hickory House has had several ownership changes over the years, though Life Care Centers of America remains involved, making its history connected to several names like Life Care Affiliates Ii, Honey Brook Medical Investors Lp, and Developers Investment Company Inc. Updates about activities and daily life can be found on the facility's Facebook page, and there's a video tour and photo gallery online, so families can see what it's like before visiting. The focus at Hickory House is providing care for seniors and people who need assisted living, with a variety of services and support for ongoing health and comfort.
