• CMS rates this facility 1/5 stars (below average)
• Has 180 certified beds with an average of 118 residents per day (66% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 13 deficiencies (inspected Apr 25, 2025)
• No fines on record
• Total nursing staff: 4.04 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 60.4% (high)
• Part of the Imperial Healthcare Group chain (13 facilities)
River View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 1-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania with 180 certified beds. It has been operating since 1967. The facility scored below average compared to Pennsylvania facilities.
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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 limited.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
+ 48 more deficiencies
Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIMBER RIDGE SNF OPERATIONS HOLDINGS LLC | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 100% | Apr 30, 2021 |
| CH PA7 SNF HOLDINGS LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Apr 30, 2021 |
| CHRH EQUITIES LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| ENS HOLDINGS, LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| IH PA OPERATIONS HOLDINGS LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Apr 30, 2021 |
| THE ENS FAMILY TRUST | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| YMCS EQUITIES LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| GOTTESMAN, DANIEL | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| HERZKA, YISROEL | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | N/A | Apr 30, 2021 |
| KOPELOWITZ, SHAUL | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | N/A | Apr 30, 2021 |
| HERZKA, YISROEL | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Jun 20, 2021 |
| SIMPSON, LOUANN | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | Individual | N/A | Apr 30, 2021 |
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