Lafayette College volunteer location’s license downgraded

Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home, a longtime volunteer partner for Lafayette College programs, received a downgraded license for the third time in the past year after multiple incidents of alleged patient neglect. The downgrading followed two inspections on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24 in which one resident choked on food as a result of alleged neglect and another resident’s foot was injured after staff failed to follow proper protocol, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health reports. The announcement arrived less than two months after a grand jury report detailing an alleged attempted exorcism in June 2025 attracted public scrutiny. Pennsylvania nursing homes can be given provisional licenses ranging from Provisional I to IV — with Provisional IV being the lowest — if the state’s Department of Health’s inspections reveal violations of safety standards, including patient neglect, insufficient care and structural problems with the building.

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