Lock Haven Rehab: Wound Care Competency Failures - PA
Not incomplete records. Not outdated ones. Nothing.
At the time of the September 2025 inspection, the facility's own Director of Nursing confirmed that 54 residents had active dressing changes and 12 had pressure ulcers. Wound care, the Director acknowledged, is a service the facility provides. What it could not provide was any documentation showing that the nurses performing that care, two licensed practical nurses and two registered nurses, had ever been verified as competent to do it.
The facility's written assessment of its nursing staff competencies listed blood glucose monitoring, hand hygiene, PPE, the Heimlich maneuver, foley catheter insertion, and medication administration. Dressing changes and wound care did not appear. The assessment included no competency requirements for registered nurses at all.
Inspectors reviewed the findings with both the Director of Nursing and the Nursing Home Administrator on the morning of September 19. The Director confirmed the gap. The facility had no records to offer.
Federal guidance issued by CMS in June 2024 is direct on this point: a facility's assessment of its resident population should drive staffing decisions and tell the facility what skills its staff need to deliver required care. Lock Haven's own assessment identified wound care as a service it provides. It did not connect that service to any requirement that nurses demonstrate they know how to perform it.
Fifty-four residents were receiving dressing changes from nurses whose competency in that task had never been formally established.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Lock Haven Rehabilitation and Senior Living from 2025-09-19 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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LOCK HAVEN REHABILITATION AND SENIOR LIVING in LOCK HAVEN, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 19, 2025.
Wound care, the Director acknowledged, is a service the facility provides.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.