An explosion was reported Tuesday at the Silver Lake Healthcare Center, which was recently rebranded as the Bristol Health & Rehab Center.
Federal records indicate the building had an automatic sprinkler system. The 174-bed facility, comprised of low-slung brick buildings, sits on two-acre campus in lower Bucks County. As of 2024, Silver Lake housed 162 residents, more than 75% of whom were 60 years or older, according to the most recent inspection records.
The facility had 129 full and part-time staff members as of 2024, records show. CommuniCare Health Services, a privately run for-profit nursing home operator based in Cincinnati, took over operations at Silver Lake in 2021. The facility was recently acquired by Saber Healthcare Group, and rebranded as Bristol Health & Rehab Center. Operators announced the new ownership and name in a Facebook post this month. Federal inspectors have repeatedly cited Silver Lake for deficient healthcare and management in recent years, issuing dozens of violations for substandard care. The most recent inspection, in March, indicated the center had failed to maintain proper infection prevention among residents and inadequately maintained medical records, among other problems. The Department of Health & Human Services awarded the facility a one-star rating — far below the national average — based on recent inspections. Silver Lake’s operators were fined than $418,000 in penalties in 2024, records show. In 2023, inspectors wrote that management “failed to ensure a clean, homelike environment” for residents on both floors of the two-story facility. They saw dirty floors, paint peeling off the walls, and holes punctured in bathroom doors. — Max Marin, Robert Moran
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