Senior care in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

How many seniors and licensed care options are in Carbon County, PA?

Carbon County had about 16,022 residents 65 and older (24.3% of 65,868) and 1,589 aged 85 and older on July 1, 2025, and the state's records list 5 licensed personal care homes and assisted living residences and 2 certified nursing homes there.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates by age (CC-EST2025-AGESEX-42), July 1, 2025.

How much personal care capacity does Carbon County have per older resident?

Carbon County's licensed homes hold 332 resident places for about 6,655 residents aged 75 and older, roughly one place for every 20 people in that age group, plus 342 certified nursing home beds.

Statewide, 21.4% of Pennsylvanians were 65 or older in the same estimates, against 24.3% in Carbon County. Capacity is not the same as availability: many homes keep waiting lists for their dementia units, and some licensed places are in semi-private rooms.

Where is licensed senior care located within Carbon County?

By mailing address, Carbon County's licensed homes and nursing homes are spread across the communities in the table below; each community page lists every license there.

Which personal care homes and assisted living residences are licensed in the rest of Carbon County?

DHS lists 5 licensed homes with the rest of Carbon County addresses and 332 resident places, 3 of them with a secured dementia unit; the largest is Heritage Hill Senior Community, licensed for 143.

What do recent DHS inspections show for homes in the rest of Carbon County?

Of the 5 the rest of Carbon County homes whose latest inspection summary we could read, 1 had no violations; the highest count was 6 at The Palmerton, An Inspirit Senior Living Community (February 11, 2026).

Pennsylvania cites each unmet regulation separately, so read the sections, not just the count. Paperwork lapses such as a missing signature count the same as a medication error. Each home's page lists the cited sections and links the DHS report.

1 home here held a provisional license when the data was retrieved.

Which the rest of Carbon County homes have secured dementia units?

3 homes in the rest of Carbon County have a locked dementia unit on the DHS certificate, 82 unit places in all: Heritage Hill Senior Community (42 of 143); Maple Shade Meadows Senior Living (25 of 85); The Palmerton, An Inspirit Senior Living Community (15 of 71).

Admission requires a documented dementia diagnosis and a preadmission screening. See how secured dementia units work.

What nursing homes are in the rest of Carbon County, and how does CMS rate them?

2 certified nursing homes are in the rest of Carbon County, with 342 beds; 0 of the 2 with a CMS overall rating hold four or five stars.

Which hospitals are closest to the rest of Carbon County?

Measured from the center of the rest of Carbon County's licensed facilities, the closest acute-care hospitals in CMS's data are St. Luke's Carbon Campus (Lehighton) (about 2.7 miles) and Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest (about 23.8 miles).

Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie is about 26.0 miles away. These are straight-line distances, useful for comparison but not drive times.

Who helps seniors and caregivers in Carbon County, PA?

Carbon County's Area Agency on Aging is the Carbon County Area Agency on Aging, at 610-824-7830; it offers care management, OPTIONS in-home services, home-delivered meals, PA MEDI counseling and protective services.

401 Delaware Avenue, Third Floor, Palmerton, PA 18071. Reports of suspected abuse: 1-800-490-8505 (statewide protective services line, 24 hours a day).

Is the LIFE program available in Carbon County?

DHS's LIFE provider list (October 2026) shows no LIFE program whose service area includes Carbon County.

LIFE is Pennsylvania's name for PACE: an all-inclusive program for adults 55 and older who meet nursing facility level of care, built around a day center. See how LIFE works.

Which hospitals serve Carbon County?

St. Luke's Carbon campus in Lehighton (Franklin Township) is the county's full hospital; Lehigh Valley Health Network operates hospital campuses in Palmerton and Lehighton, and many Carbon families travel to Allentown or Bethlehem for specialty care.