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Lifequest Nursing Center

A nursing home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951

2450 John Fries Highway, Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951. (215) 536-0770.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 13 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Pennsylvania average is 10.0.

Last standard inspection May 1, 2026.

Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

13 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

13 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 13 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 1 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

May 1, 2026: standard inspection5 citations

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule F0688. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

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

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

  • Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.

    Rule F0851. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

Apr 3, 2025: standard inspection4 citations

  • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

    Rule F0636. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 30, 2025.

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

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 30, 2025.

  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 30, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 30, 2025.

Oct 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

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

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 1, 2024.

May 9, 2024: standard inspection3 citations

  • Provide appropriate foot care.

    Rule F0687. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

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

    Rule F0756. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0758. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jun 26, 1987.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
  • 140 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 1 citation in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

4.02 nurse hours per resident per day

The Pennsylvania average is 3.90.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homePennsylvania average
Nurse hours per resident per day4.023.90
Of which registered nurses0.440.78
At weekends3.823.52
Nursing staff turnoverNot given44.6%
Registered nurse turnoverNot given39.4%
Administrators who leftNot givenNot given

Who owns it?

  • Plexus Group Inc. runs it.
  • 4 owners or officers are people: Shane Mcguire (corporate officer); Shane Mcguire (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sally Prior (corporate officer); Victoria M Jezick (corporate officer).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Plexus Group Inc.Runs it (operational or managerial control)100%Jul 16, 1993

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Pennsylvania average 3.8).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating4 of 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Staffing2 of 5
Quality measures2 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 11.5 miles, this one had the 5th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 4.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Lifequest Nursing Center This nursing home5
Belle Terrace1.97
Quakertown Center2.47
Phoebe Richland HCC4.05
Valley Manor Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center5.67
Pennsburg Manor6.34
The Community at Rockhill7.91
Lutheran Community at Telford8.34
Souderton Mennonite Homes9.52
Cedar Crest Post Acute10.99
Good Shepherd Home Raker Center11.23
Peter Becker Community11.52

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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