Allentown Senior AdvisorThe Slate Belt is the northeastern corner of Northampton County below the Blue Mountain: Bangor, about 5,118 residents, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Roseto and the Mount Bethel townships, named for the slate quarries that built the towns.
Licensed care is thin here, a few personal care homes and one nursing home, so Slate Belt families usually compare local options with Easton, Nazareth or Stroudsburg in Monroe County. St. Luke's Easton campus is the nearest full hospital for most addresses.
How much licensed senior care is in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap, PA?
DHS and CMS records list 4 licensed personal care homes and assisted living residences, 1 certified nursing home and 0 home health or hospice offices with The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap addresses.
| Available in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap | Not available in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap | |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed or certified here | Personal care homes: 4, Nursing homes: 1 | — |
| Not found here | — | Assisted living residences, Home health agency offices, Hospice offices |
| Homes with a secured dementia unit | — | None in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap |
Which personal care homes and assisted living residences are licensed in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap?
DHS lists 4 licensed homes with The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap addresses and 158 resident places, 0 of them with a secured dementia unit; the largest is Walden III Senior Living Community, licensed for 77.
| Facility | License | Licensed capacity | Dementia unit beds | License type | Latest DHS inspection report | Violations in latest parsed report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walden III Senior Living Community 325 North Broadway, 18091 | PCH | 77 | — | Full | 06/17/2026 | 13 |
| Asbury Chandler Estate 1569 Teels Road, 18072 | PCH | 48 | — | Full | 08/04/2025 | 1 |
| Gap View Personal Care 306 West Main Street, 18072 | PCH | 25 | — | Full | 07/14/2026 | 9 |
| William's Manor 164 Baron Road, 18091 | PCH | 8 | — | Full | 09/17/2025 | 5 |
What do recent DHS inspections show for homes in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap?
Of the 4 The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap homes whose latest inspection summary we could read, 0 had no violations; the highest count was 13 at Walden III Senior Living Community (June 17, 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.
What nursing homes are in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap, and how does CMS rate them?
1 certified nursing home is in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap, with 119 beds; 0 of the 1 with a CMS overall rating hold four or five stars.
| Facility | CMS overall | Certified beds | Nurse hours / resident / day | Last CMS inspection | CMS deficiencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Belt Health & Rehabilitation Center 701 Slate Belt Blvd, Rd 3, 18013 | 2 of 5 | 119 | 3.21 | January 13, 2026 | 6 |
Which hospitals are closest to The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap?
Measured from the center of The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap's licensed facilities, the closest acute-care hospitals in CMS's data are St. Luke's Easton Campus (about 13.9 miles) and St. Luke's University Hospital (Bethlehem) (about 18.3 miles).
St. Luke's Carbon Campus (Lehighton) is about 22.0 miles away. These are straight-line distances, useful for comparison but not drive times.
Which agency serves seniors in The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap, PA?
The Slate Belt: Bangor, Pen Argyl & Wind Gap is served by Northampton County Area Agency on Aging (610-829-4540, Northampton County Human Services Building, 2801 Emrick Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18020), which handle care management, OPTIONS in-home services, PA MEDI Medicare counseling and the level-of-care assessment for long-term care programs.
Complaints about a personal care home go to DHS at 1-877-401-8835, nursing home complaints to the Department of Health at 1-800-254-5164, and suspected abuse of an older adult to 1-800-490-8505 at any hour.
SeniorLIFE Lehigh Valley ((610) 954-5433) runs the LIFE program for eligible adults 55 and older in Lehigh and Northampton counties.
