Christ the King Manor: Care Order Failures - DuBois, PA
The facility, a nursing home in DuBois in Clearfield County, was cited under a deficiency category that covers the most fundamental obligation in long-term care. Inspectors determined that Christ the King Manor failed to provide appropriate treatment and care in accordance with physician orders, resident preferences, and resident goals.
The inspection was completed on June 4. It produced three deficiencies in total.
The care order citation was classified at scope and severity level D, meaning inspectors identified it as an isolated problem rather than a pattern affecting many residents, and documented no actual harm to any resident at the time of the inspection. What they did document was the potential for more than minimal harm. In the language of federal nursing home oversight, that distinction matters. A resident whose care does not match what a physician ordered, or whose stated preferences go unmet, is a resident whose condition can change in ways that nobody catches in time.
The specific details of what inspectors found, which residents were affected, and what care was not delivered as ordered are not contained in the summary record. What the record shows is that something broke down between what was written and what was done, or between what a resident asked for and what they received.
That gap, however narrow it appeared on the day inspectors walked through, is the kind of gap that nursing home oversight exists to find.
Christ the King Manor is a faith-based facility operated under Catholic Health Care. It serves residents who, in many cases, have no realistic alternative to institutional care, people whose medical needs, cognitive status, or physical condition require around-the-clock support. For those residents, the care plan and the physician's orders are not paperwork. They are the architecture of daily life. When a dose is missed, when a treatment is skipped, when a preference noted in a chart goes unacknowledged by the staff member on duty, the resident often has no way to know, and limited ability to push back.
The facility responded to the citation with a plan of correction and reported that the deficiency had been addressed by July 14, roughly six weeks after the inspection closed. Whether the correction involved retraining staff, revising how orders are communicated across shifts, or something else entirely is not reflected in the public record.
Two additional deficiencies were cited during the same inspection. The nature of those findings is not detailed in the summary record reviewed for this article.
Christ the King Manor has not been the subject of a recent federal enforcement action beyond the standard citation process that accompanies a standard health inspection. The June inspection was a routine survey, not a complaint investigation or a follow-up to a prior serious finding.
Still, a deficiency in care delivery according to orders and preferences is not a paperwork problem. It is a question of whether the resident in Room 12, or Room 24, or whichever room inspectors were looking at that day, received what was prescribed and what they asked for. The inspection record says they did not, at least not always, at least not that day.
The facility's plan of correction was accepted. The deficiency is listed as resolved.
For the resident at the center of the finding, the one whose care did not match their orders or their preferences on whatever day or days inspectors identified, the record does not say what the gap cost them, or whether anyone told them it had been found.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Christ the King Manor from 2026-06-04 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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CHRIST THE KING MANOR in DUBOIS, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on June 4, 2026.
The inspection was completed on June 4.
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.