Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation: Abuse Protection - VA
Federal inspectors visiting Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center on November 13, 2025, found that the clinical record for one resident, identified in the report as R8, contained no documentation of when the resident left the facility for dialysis or when they returned. Not once. Not for any trip that month.
The facility's own policy, dated January 29, 2024, required staff to complete a Dialysis Communication Form before sending a patient to dialysis and to upload reports received from the dialysis center into the medical record. When inspectors reviewed R8's file, no Dialysis Communication Forms had been uploaded for November at all.
The administrator, the assistant administrator, the director of nursing, and a regional director of clinical services all sat down with inspectors at 12:30 that afternoon. The administrator acknowledged what should have happened. He confirmed he would expect documentation in R8's clinical record showing when the resident left and returned.
No additional information was provided.
The violation was cited under the federal tag governing clinical records, with inspectors noting the potential for harm, though they classified the level of harm as minimal. For a dialysis patient, those communication forms carry real weight. They track what happened at the dialysis center, flag anything that went wrong, and give nursing home staff the information they need when a resident comes back through the door. Without them, the facility was working without a picture of what R8's treatment had looked like, or whether anything during any of those sessions required a follow-up.
R8 kept going to dialysis. The forms kept not being filed. Nobody caught it until an inspector arrived.
Full Inspection Report
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CHERRYDALE HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in ARLINGTON, VA was cited for abuse-related violations during a health inspection on November 13, 2025.
When inspectors reviewed R8's file, no Dialysis Communication Forms had been uploaded for November at all.
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.