Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
HERITAGE RIDGE SENIOR LIVING AT WINDY HILL
Does HERITAGE RIDGE SENIOR LIVING AT WINDY HILL have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HERITAGE RIDGE SENIOR LIVING AT WINDY HILL (CCN 395533), in PHILIPSBURG, PA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 16 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-07-10. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.0
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
14 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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