Transitions Healthcare Shook Home
55 South Second Street, Chambersburg, PA, 17201 · CCN 395918
Transitions Healthcare Shook Home is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 31 cited deficiencies across 6 surveys. 3 were coded at G or above; 2 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0684 (4), F0686 (3), F0657 (3), F0623 (2), F0812 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- July 2025 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- April 2025 — Health: 12 cited deficiencies
- March 2025 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- June 2024 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
- May 2024 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
- June 2023 — Health: 9 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity B: 2 citations
- Scope/severity D: 19 citations
- Scope/severity E: 7 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
- Scope/severity J: 1 citation
- Scope/severity K: 1 citation
3 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 2 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0684 — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (4 citations)
- F0686 — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (3 citations)
- F0657 — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (3 citations)
- F0623 — Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (2 citations)
- F0812 — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 11 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 3 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 1 citation
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 5 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 2 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.98 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 1 penalty action, most recently dated May 2024. Monetary fines in these records total $205,694.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: June 2023; Latest loaded survey: July 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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