A Lansford personal care/assisted living home is being closed, and its residents moved elsewhere due to financial troubles and a persistent bed bug infestation.

Once a popular music and dance venue on the outskirts of Lansford, Edgemont Lodge closed decades ago, and in later years reopened as a personal care home.But now, the state Department of Human Services has ordered it closed as of July 18."The operator of Edgemont Lodge gave DHS notice of closure due to financial reasons on May 18, 2016. The facility has been cited for bedbug infestation twice without an acceptable plan of correction. The facility plans to close effective July 18.To ensure safety of residents, the department will coordinate relocation of residents with local county agencies," said DHS deputy press secretary Rachel Kostelac.Jerome Perry, Stroudsburg, who owns the home, on Friday declined to speak to a reporter about the home's closing.Administrator Cory Perry wasn't available. A nurse who declined to give her name said details of the closure and placement of residents would be discussed at a June 3 meeting with the Department of Human Services.On Aug. 31, 2011, a propane explosion at the home injured at least one employee.According the Carbon County property records, in May 2014, Partners in Medical Properties Inc., sold the building to Perry for $575,000.The home has been cited for violations over the years.A March 10 inspection report sent to Perry from DHS referenced a Jan. 28 inspection.Among the problems were that an employee signed a resident's medication form, "but forgot to give the medicine."The home had not filed the required incident report as of Feb. 2.The reports lists other instances of a medication being signed for, but not given.For example, an employee admitted "forgetting" to administer a controlled substance, Clonazepam, on Jan. 28.DHS recommended compliance steps, including closer monitoring and documentation of medication administration and reducing shift hours from 12 to eight.Other violations included a broken emergency light, heavy ice buildup in a gutter and failure to clear snow for emergency vehicles.Other inspections revealed a second floor bathroom with fecal matter on the commode, a strong urine smell. Another bathroom had urine around the base and fecal matter on the seat and in the bowl, and the sink had a heavy coating of grime.A third bathroom also had fecal matter on the seat.The violations had been found on two prior inspections, according to the report.Also, inspection reports indicate the front entry had missing ceiling blocks from when a toilet had overflowed a couple of days earlier; a roll of toilet paper had been stuffed into the toilet. The water damaged tiles were replaced on Jan. 6, according to the report.Residents also did not have hot water from Dec. 24, 2015 through Jan. 5, 2016.A refrigerator was kept at 50 degrees, 10 degrees warmer than it should have been.Other violations included improper medication records, blood glucose levels weren't properly documented, medications weren't properly administered, there were no structured activities for the residents.As of March 21, corrections had partially been made, and the state determined them to be adequate.The report lists 33 total daily staff as of Jan. 6, and at the time, 33 residents.Of those, 14 were over age 60, 23 had diagnosed mental illnesses, four had an intellectual disability and one had a physical disability.The home can house up to 45 people.