Gracedale, Northampton County's nursing home located in a beautiful rural setting outside Nazareth, PA, has been providing the highest quality long term care, rehabilitative, and restorative services to the residents of Northampton County since the 1960s.

It is one of the largest nursing homes in Pennsylvania and meets the needs of its residents in a variety of areas including full time physical, occupational, speech, and recreational therapies.

In addition, on site audiology, dental, podiatry, orthopaedic, psychiatric, surgical, urology, and ophthalmology clinics are routinely available to all those needing evaluation and treatment. Individuals diagnosed with various forms of dementia or those requiring behavioral interventions receive care on units designed to meet their needs at the appropriate level.

Social Service workers provide supportive counseling and guidance to all residents, and Masters level clinicians are available to address more involved mental health issues.

An extremely active volunteer services department allows for both individual and group visitation, numerous worship opportunities, as well as for the popular pet therapy program.

Gracedale is Medicare and Medicaid certified and enjoys a reputation for excellence and caring unrivaled in the health care community.

Services include:

• Staff physicians present in the facility or are on call and available 24 hours a day.

• On site clinics five days a week conducted by physicians from local hospitals including:
  • Surgical
  • Ophthalmology
  • Dental
  • Psychiatry
  • Orthopaedic
  • Podiatry
  • Pacemaker
  • Rheumatology
  • Urology

• Specialized dementia units with expanded activity programming.

• Chaplain on site with full program of non-denominational services provided.

• Full time volunteer services director to coordinate numerous volunteer program offerings.

• Hospice services.

• Respite care.

• Psychiatric social workers on site providing access to full range of psychological and psychiatric assessment and follow up services.

Extensive therapeutic recreation calendars including: Pet therapy Outdoor picnics Trips to sporting events Museums Community festivals Theaters Restaurants Cooking Groups Wood Working Bingo Cards and Games Entertainment Programs Movies Closed Circuit TV System