[Northampton County, PA] – The County Executive’s Office has received notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that Gracedale Nursing Home received violations from inspections of the facility that occurred in 2025 and the first week of 2026.
“We take these violations extremely seriously,” says County Executive Tara Zrinski. “A plan of correction has been submitted for each of the deficiencies, and all such plans of correction have been accepted by CMS and fully implemented, except for one related to minimum staffing requirements that will be addressed later in February.”
To further improve conditions for the residents and employees of Gracedale, the County Executive Office has also created an executive plan. Zrinski and Northampton County Director of Human Services Susan Wandalowski will oversee the plan, which includes:
- The Administrator of Gracedale will provide a written report every 2 weeks to the Director of Human Services and the County Executive.
- The Director of Administration will attend meetings of the Gracedale Quality Assurance Committee to exercise oversight over quality issues before they become deficiencies.
- A thorough review will be undertaken of nursing services contractors and their staff, on-site training and the scheduling of nursing staff.
- A new effort will begin with Gracedale Human Resources representative to improve and retain County employees.
- A commitment to improve training of new and existing employees.
On a larger scale, the County Executive Office is exploring options to seek funding to improve the facility operations for the benefit of residents and employees, and the future of Gracedale.
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