Christ the King Manor: Care Plan Failures - DuBois, PA
The citation, issued June 4, 2026, falls under the category of resident assessment and care planning deficiencies. Inspectors determined the facility failed to develop complete care plans within seven days of comprehensive assessments, and that those plans were not being properly prepared, reviewed, and revised by a interdisciplinary team of health professionals. The deficiency was assigned a scope and severity level of D, meaning the lapse was isolated and caused no documented actual harm, but carried potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
That distinction, no actual harm, can sound reassuring. It is worth slowing down on what it means in practice.
A care plan is not a bureaucratic formality. It is the document that tells every nurse, aide, therapist, and physician who walks through a resident's door what that person needs, what risks they carry, what goals their care is working toward. A resident with a history of falls needs a fall prevention plan. A resident with a pressure wound needs a wound care plan. A resident with swallowing difficulties needs a documented dietary approach. When that plan is missing or incomplete, the people providing care are working without the full picture.
The seven-day requirement exists precisely because assessments capture a resident's condition at a specific moment, and the care plan translates that snapshot into action. A delay of days, or longer, is a gap during which staff may not know what has changed, what new risks have emerged, or what interventions have been ordered.
Christ the King Manor was cited for three total deficiencies during this inspection. The care planning violation was one of them. The facility has submitted a plan of correction and reported that the deficiency was addressed as of July 14, 2026, forty days after the inspection concluded.
Plans of correction are required whenever a facility is cited. They describe what the facility says it will do, by what date, and how it will monitor compliance going forward. Whether the correction holds, and whether the same pattern resurfaces in future inspections, is a separate question. Federal inspection records are public and updated as new surveys are conducted.
For families with loved ones at Christ the King Manor, the care planning process is something they can ask about directly. Residents and their designated representatives have the right to participate in care plan meetings, to review the plan, and to request changes. That right exists on paper. Whether it is being exercised, and whether the facility is facilitating it, is worth asking.
The facility, operated under a Catholic health care ministry, serves residents in DuBois in Clearfield County. It is a long-term care setting, meaning many of its residents are not there for short-term rehabilitation but are living there, sometimes for years. For those residents in particular, a care plan that lags behind their current condition is not a paperwork problem. It is a description of care that no longer fits the person receiving it.
Inspectors rated this deficiency as isolated, meaning they did not find it affecting residents broadly across the facility. But isolated does not mean inconsequential. For the resident or residents whose care plans were not completed on time, the gap was real.
The June 2026 inspection was a standard health survey, the routine process by which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services monitors nursing home compliance nationwide. Facilities are inspected roughly once a year, though the timing varies. Between inspections, the record largely reflects what a facility reports about itself.
The next survey will show whether the July correction held.
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 citation, issued June 4, 2026, falls under the category of resident assessment and care planning deficiencies.
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.