The Solana Doylestown

Is The Solana Doylestown licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services?

Yes. The Solana Doylestown at 1621 Easton Road, Warrington, PA 18976 holds an active Pennsylvania DHS license as a Personal Care Home, license number 145310, for up to 129 residents. The DHS Provider Directory lists its status as Licensed with a full license as of October 24, 2026.

Most licensed assisted living in Pennsylvania is a Personal Care Home under Chapter 2600 — 50 of the 54 licensed homes in Bucks County are PCHs. Many communities that market themselves as “assisted living” hold this license; the label that matters legally is the one on the DHS certificate.

Pennsylvania licenses are renewed yearly after an inspection. The Solana Doylestown's current Certificate of Compliance runs from September 11, 2025 to September 11, 2026.

Verify it yourself: search license 145310 or the home's name in the DHS Human Services Provider Directory, then open “Inspection Summary” and “Certificate”.

What did the latest DHS inspection of The Solana Doylestown find?

DHS's most recent posted Licensing Inspection Summary for The Solana Doylestown, from its on-site review on 05/12/2026, 05/13/2026, cites 20 violations in building condition and sanitation; resident rooms and bathrooms; food service and kitchen safety; physical-site safety; and 6 other areas.

The summary's cover letter dated July 7, 2026 says DHS determined the home's plan of correction was fully implemented. Every Pennsylvania home must post its latest inspection summary in a conspicuous place, so you can also ask to see it on a tour.

Earlier summaries on the DHS site: April 23, 2025 — 9 violations; February 11, 2025 — 21 violations; January 7, 2025 — 2 violations.

DHS posted 8 inspection summaries for The Solana Doylestown since January 2023; the median for a licensed home in Bucks County is 6. More summaries usually mean more visits — yearly renewals plus complaint or follow-up inspections — so read the reports, not just the count.

Read the full inspection summary (PDF) →

Does The Solana Doylestown have a secured memory care unit?

Yes. The Solana Doylestown's DHS certificate approves a Secure Dementia Care Unit with capacity for 34 residents — about 26% of its 129 licensed beds. Pennsylvania regulates these units under 55 Pa. Code §§2600.231–239 rather than through a separate memory care license.

29 of the 54 licensed homes in Bucks County have a secured dementia or special care unit, with a median of 31 beds; The Solana Doylestown's 34-bed unit is close to the county norm.

Admission to a secured unit requires a written assessment showing the resident needs that level of protection, and the home must give families a disclosure of the unit's services, staffing and costs. Ask for that disclosure in writing.

Where is The Solana Doylestown located in Warrington?

The Solana Doylestown is at 1621 Easton Road, Warrington, PA 18976, in Bucks County. Hospitals families in Warrington commonly use include Doylestown Health and Jefferson Abington Hospital.

Warrington lies on the Easton Road (Route 611) corridor between Willow Grove and Doylestown in central Bucks County.

2 other licensed homes are listed in Warrington: The Pathways at Warrington, Bristol House Memory Care.

Veterans and surviving spouses can use the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward personal care home costs.

How does The Solana Doylestown compare with other assisted living in Bucks County?

With 129 licensed beds, The Solana Doylestown is one of the largest among the 54 DHS-licensed homes in Bucks County (number 4 by capacity); the county median is 65 beds.

Across the county, 29 homes have a secured dementia or special care unit, 4 hold the Assisted Living Residence license, and 27 are nonprofit-operated.

Closest in size among Bucks County homes, from the same DHS records:

How much does The Solana Doylestown cost per month?

Pennsylvania does not publish prices for individual homes, so ask The Solana Doylestown for its written fee schedule and resident contract. This site's 2026 research puts typical Greater Philadelphia assisted living at $4,800–$6,900/mo, with secured dementia care usually in the $6,200–$8,600/mo range.

Personal care homes in the five counties range from small row-home operations to large campus buildings, and pricing follows: ask whether the rate is all-inclusive or base rent plus care levels, and what triggers a level change.

Medicare does not pay for personal care home or assisted living rent. Community HealthChoices (Pennsylvania's Medicaid long-term-care program) does not cover room and board, and some homes accept residents whose income is SSI plus the state supplement for personal care home residents — see our SSI supplement guide. VA Aid & Attendance and long-term care insurance can also help.

What should you ask when touring The Solana Doylestown?

Start with the areas DHS already cited at The Solana Doylestown — building condition and sanitation, resident rooms and bathrooms, food service and kitchen safety — and ask what changed after the inspection; then cover overnight staffing, the full fee schedule and move-out triggers.

• Who walks the building for maintenance and cleanliness, and how often?
• What furnishings, lighting and call equipment come with the room, and how fast are repairs made?
• Who checks food dating and storage, and how are special diets tracked?
• How are hazards like hot-water temperatures and stairways checked?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the home?
• What is the full monthly fee for my parent's care level, and what would trigger an increase?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?
• How long have the administrator and the head of resident care been in their roles?

Visit twice — once at a meal — and read the resident contract before paying anything. If problems come up later, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman can help, and DHS takes complaints at 1-877-401-8835.

How does moving into The Solana Doylestown work?

Before anyone moves into The Solana Doylestown, Pennsylvania rules require a preadmission screening, a recent medical evaluation and a signed resident contract.

• Resident contract. Chapter 2600 requires a written contract listing the fee for each service, refund rules and the notice the home must give before a discharge or rate change. Take it home before signing.
• Assessment and support plan. The home assesses each new resident and writes a support plan within the first 30 days, then updates it at least yearly and whenever needs change.
• Secured unit admission. Placement in The Solana Doylestown's 34-bed Secure Dementia Care Unit requires a written assessment that the secured setting is needed; ask what would move a resident between the general and secured areas.
• Medications. Ask who administers medications, how they are trained, and whether your parent may self-administer.
• Payment. Rent and care are mostly private pay; ask about deposits, community fees and how a hospital stay affects billing.

Most moves take two to four weeks once a room is available; a hospital discharge can compress that to days, which is when a second set of eyes on the contract helps most.

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