Summit At Blue Mountain Nursing & Rehab Center sits at 211 N. 12th St., Lehighton, inside the St. Luke's Lehighton Campus, and has 91 certified beds but currently has 86 residents with space open as of June 2025. This non-profit center, part of St. Luke's University Health Network since 2017, cares for older adults and people with special medical needs who need skilled nursing, help after surgery or illness, and long-term care for those who can't care for themselves. People can use Medicare and Medicaid here, and the center has changed ownership in the last year. Staff make sure care is always available, with 24-hour nursing supervision, a 24-hour call system, and automatic sprinkler systems for safety. Nurses, CNAs, and therapists spend time each day with residents-RN staff give about 0.87 hours, LPNs give 0.64 hours, CNAs give 3.48 hours, and therapists give 0.07 hours for each resident. The overall nurse staffing is close to 5 hours per resident daily. The center has a special focus label and has had varied health survey scores across different inspection cycles, but there haven't been any fines, complaints, or incidents reported.
Residents find spaces like a fitness and wellness room, game room, library, arts room, garden, and movie theater, plus outdoor walkways and places to relax. Rooms are furnished, and include kitchenettes, bathrooms, cable TV, telephones, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and help with moving in. There's an emergency alert system, regular housekeeping, and a professional chef prepares meals with different diets in mind. The center has both a resident and family council to help address any concerns and work toward improvements. Scheduled activities, fitness programs, music, movie nights, and daily events encourage social life and physical well-being. Seniors get access to programs like healing at home, chronic disease management, stroke prevention, meals for better nutrition, and behavioral health support.
The team provides care such as rehab, medication management, help with bathing and dressing, IV therapy, wound care, and respiratory therapy. They help with transfers and assist those who can't move around easily. Summit At Blue Mountain serves both short-term rehab patients and those needing ongoing, intensive care, including people with memory loss, chronic diseases, and those moving back home after hospital stays. The rehab programs help residents recover from surgery or serious illness, with both physical and occupational therapy available. Services cover all ages in some cases, with emergency, cancer, heart, orthopedic, OB/GYN, and even pediatric care on the campus. There's a Care Now Center for urgent care, outpatient centers for imaging and lab work, specialty clinics, and a sports performance center.
The community has an overall rating of 4, with a strong staff (staffing and QM ratings both 5) but a lower health inspection score (rating of 2), and it's listed as a Special Focus Facility, which means inspectors are watching it more closely. Summit At Blue Mountain Nursing & Rehab Center plans to close in the fall, with a targeted date of October 1, and the staff will work with residents and families to find new homes. Compassionate care remains the focus until closing, with a full range of skilled nursing, rehab, and support services for people who need them.
