Friendship Rehab: Inedible Food Complaints - PA
Ten residents at Friendship Rehab and Health described their food using words like "crappy," "slop," and "barely edible" during interviews on December 29. One resident who had lived there two years said the food "has been worse the past couple months."
State inspectors requested a test tray of the lunch meal. The turkey pot pie arrived as a fluid that filled the diameter of the plate, resembling soup rather than the traditional pastry-topped dish listed on the menu.
When an inspector approached another resident about to eat, the man replied, "I'm not sure what it is." A second resident, seeing the same meal, asked "Where's the pie part?" after learning it was supposed to be turkey pot pie.
Food Service Director Employee E1 acknowledged the failure directly: "It didn't turn out," she told inspectors, adding "I agree it's not very good today."
The director blamed problems on a new food vendor the facility had been using for the past couple months, saying they weren't receiving good ingredients or recipes. She also distinguished between staff performance: "We have a good cook and a bad cook. Today we have the bad cook."
The complaints weren't isolated to that day. One resident described the food as having "always been shit," while another said meals were "not that great." A resident representative had filed a complaint earlier in December stating simply, "You can't eat the food."
The menu for December 29 was supposed to include turkey pot pie, honey glazed carrots, fruited gelatin, and choice of milk. Instead, residents received what one called "slop" and another deemed "barely edible."
The food service director confirmed to inspectors that the facility had failed to serve attractive and palatable food during the lunch meal.
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Friendship Rehab and Health in BEAVER, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 29, 2025.
Ten residents at Friendship Rehab and Health described their food using words like "crappy," "slop," and "barely edible" during interviews on December 29.
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