Harrisonburg Health & Rehab: Care Quality Violations - VA
The citation carried a harm level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm. That phrasing matters. It means inspectors did not document injury that had already occurred, but they found conditions that could produce it.
What those conditions were, the public record does not fully say.
The inspection narrative, as filed, identifies the violation tag, the harm level, and the fact that the administrator and the Regional Director of Clinical Services were both notified of the concerns. It records that no additional information was provided. Then it ends.
That gap, between a federal citation and a public explanation of what prompted it, is not unusual. Complaint investigations sometimes yield truncated records. But the absence of detail does not reduce the significance of what was found. F0684 sits at the center of what nursing homes are supposed to do. It covers the basic obligation to provide care that meets accepted professional standards, and when inspectors cite it, they have concluded that obligation was not met.
The facility at 1225 Reservoir Street has operated in Harrisonburg for years, providing short-term rehabilitation and long-term care to residents who are, by definition, among the most medically vulnerable people in the Shenandoah Valley. Many cannot advocate for themselves. Many have no family member present on any given day to notice what is or is not happening in their room.
The inspection was triggered by a complaint. Someone, a resident, a family member, a staff member, or a visitor, contacted regulators and reported a concern serious enough to send inspectors to the building. The resulting citation confirmed that concern had merit.
The administrator was made aware. So was the Regional Director of Clinical Services, a title that signals the notification went beyond the building itself and reached the corporate or regional oversight structure responsible for clinical operations at the facility. Both were told. Neither, according to the inspection record, provided additional information to inspectors.
That response, or the absence of one, is its own data point.
Facilities that contest findings or provide context typically do so during the inspection process. The record here reflects none of that. What it reflects is that two senior figures in the facility's leadership chain were presented with the concerns federal inspectors had documented, and the file closed with the notation that nothing further was offered.
The plan of correction, which facilities are required to submit in response to cited deficiencies, is not included in the publicly available narrative. For information on the nursing home's corrective plan, the inspection document directs readers to contact the facility or the state survey agency directly.
The inspection was completed September 24, 2025. The document was printed April 13, 2026, nearly seven months later.
What happened to the residents affected in the time between those two dates is not recorded here.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Harrisonburg Hlth & Rehab Cntr from 2025-09-24 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
Editorial process: Inspection findings are extracted from CMS source documents and synthesized using AI, reviewed for factual accuracy against the original report by our editorial team.
Professional review: All content reviewed by Christopher F. Nesbitt, Sr., NH EMT & BU-trained Paralegal.
Last verified: September 13, 2026 · Our methodology
HARRISONBURG HLTH & REHAB CNTR in HARRISONBURG, VA was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 24, 2025.
The citation carried a harm level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.