Luther Crest Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-07-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (610) 398-8011 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Luther Crest Nursing Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.3/100, placing it #2674 of 14703 facilities nationally and #128 of 657 in Pennsylvania. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Luther Crest Nursing Facility receives a reported average of 4 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 57 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 93.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $13,946. 13 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 8.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Luther Crest Nursing Facility ranks 2674th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.3/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 128th out of 657 nursing homes. In Allentown, it ranks 3rd out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,824 nationally and RN hours rank #987 nationally (#65 in PA). Our composite quality score of 82.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Allentown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/allentown/