Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Cheswick

3876 Saxonburg Boulevard, Cheswick, PA 15024 · (412) 767-4998
For profit - Corporation · 121 certified beds

Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Cheswick has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in November 2024, found 16 citations (the Pennsylvania average is 10). It was fined 2 times in the last three years, $128,082 in all.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on November 7, 2024 found 16 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.November 7, 2024 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.November 7, 2024 · F0622 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.November 7, 2024 · F0625 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.November 7, 2024 · F0699 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.November 7, 2024 · F0849 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.November 7, 2024 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.November 7, 2024 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.November 7, 2024 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.November 7, 2024 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.November 7, 2024 · F0620 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.November 7, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.November 7, 2024 · F0695 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.November 7, 2024 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.November 7, 2024 · F0773 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.November 7, 2024 · F0810 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.November 7, 2024 · F0623 · Level of harm: Potential for minimal harm · Residents affected: Many

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 35 citations.

• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.June 11, 2026 · F0699 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.June 11, 2026 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.May 8, 2026 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.May 8, 2026 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.May 8, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.May 8, 2026 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Many
• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.May 8, 2026 · F0835 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.May 8, 2026 · F0941 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.May 8, 2026 · F0942 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.May 8, 2026 · F0943 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.May 8, 2026 · F0944 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.May 8, 2026 · F0945 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide training in compliance and ethics.May 8, 2026 · F0946 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.May 8, 2026 · F0947 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.May 8, 2026 · F0949 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.April 30, 2026 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.March 4, 2026 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.March 4, 2026 · F0677 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.March 4, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.March 4, 2026 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.October 31, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.October 31, 2025 · F0742 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterlyOctober 31, 2025 · F0868 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.July 2, 2025 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.May 28, 2025 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.March 20, 2025 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.March 20, 2025 · F0803 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.March 20, 2025 · F0804 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.March 20, 2025 · F0805 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.February 6, 2025 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Assure the security of all personal funds of residents deposited with the facility.January 7, 2025 · F0570 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor.January 7, 2025 · F0826 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.November 14, 2024 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.May 8, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.May 8, 2024 · F0692 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $112,925April 30, 2026
• Fine of $15,157October 31, 2025

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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