Embassy of Tunkhannock: Food/Fluid Provision Fails - PA
Federal inspectors documented the failures during a complaint inspection on January 30, 2026. By that point, the resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 5, weighed 104 pounds.
The weight loss was first flagged on January 11, 2026. A registered dietitian reviewed the case five days later, on January 16, and found the numbers alarming: a 12.4 percent loss, 15 pounds, in under a month. Over three months, she had shed 9.5 pounds, an 8.2 percent decline. The dietitian noted the resident's body mass index had dropped to 20.7, still within normal range but clearly trending the wrong way. She recommended fortified foods with every meal and a 4-ounce nutritional shake with lunch and dinner.
The shakes were never consistently provided. The clinical record contained no documentation that the intervention was implemented in a timely way after the significant weight loss was identified on January 11.
A follow-up note from January 23 showed the resident weighed 106.2 pounds as of January 18 and was eating about 75 percent of her meals, tolerating a mechanical soft diet with thin liquids. The dietitian again noted the 4-ounce shakes should be given with lunch and dinner. Two days later, on January 25, staff recorded her weight at 104 pounds. She had lost another 2.2 pounds.
No one had called her doctor. No one had called her family.
The Director of Nursing confirmed both failures during an interview with inspectors on January 29. She confirmed that no documentation existed showing the attending physician or the resident's responsible party had been notified of the significant weight loss. She confirmed the nutritional interventions had not been implemented on time. She also confirmed that follow-up weights, which would have allowed staff to track whether the resident was still losing ground, had not been completed when they should have been.
That last point matters. The weight recorded on January 25 showed the resident still losing weight two weeks after the problem was first identified. If reweighs had been done on schedule, staff would have seen that sooner. They didn't.
The inspection report does not describe why the shakes weren't given, why the physician wasn't called, or why the family was kept in the dark. It does not say whether anyone at the facility raised a concern internally before inspectors arrived. What it says is that none of it happened, and that when inspectors sat down with the Director of Nursing and walked through the record, she could not produce anything to contradict that.
A 12.4 percent weight loss in under 30 days is the kind of number that is supposed to trigger an immediate response in a nursing facility, not a dietitian's note followed by two weeks of inaction. A resident eating 75 percent of her meals while weighing 104 pounds and still losing weight is someone who needs more than a recommendation sitting in a chart.
As of the inspection date, Resident 5 weighed 104 pounds. The record does not say whether the shakes had started yet.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Embassy of Tunkhannock from 2026-01-30 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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EMBASSY OF TUNKHANNOCK in TUNKHANNOCK, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
Federal inspectors documented the failures during a complaint inspection on January 30, 2026.
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.