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Lutheran Home At Topton, The

One South Home Avenue, Topton, PA, 19562

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 395117Continuing-care retirement communityNonprofit

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall5 / 5
Health inspections4 / 5
Staffing3 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Church related
Certified beds
194 · avg 93 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
68.4%higher than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 45.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
61%higher than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 41.0% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
1 departednear the Pennsylvania averagePennsylvania avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
395117
Certified beds
194 beds · avg 93 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Church related
Continuing-care community
Yes

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Lutheran Senior Services East

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Disclosed owners (14 on record)

  • Jennifer Legar

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Valerie Cooper

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Christopher Sommer

    Corporate Director · since 2023

  • Brent Beumer

    Corporate Director · since 2022

  • Harry Mueller

    Corporate Director · since 2022

  • Megan Meadows

    Corporate Director · since 2022

+ 8 additional owners on the federal record.

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

12 health citations on file3 from complaints

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 12)

  • D0880·Sep 18, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • D0684·Sep 18, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  • D0689·Jun 27, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • D0684·Oct 24, 2024

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  • D0810·Nov 15, 2023

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.

  • D0758·Nov 15, 2023

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is li

  • D0756·Nov 15, 2023

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

  • D0689·Nov 15, 2023

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

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Fire-safety citations

11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 24, 2024. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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