Kadima Rehabilitation Cheswick: Accident Hazard Violations - PA
The inspection at Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Cheswick, completed on April 30, 2026, resulted in a citation under a federal deficiency tag that covers accident prevention and supervision. Inspectors classified the violation as isolated, meaning it did not affect every resident or represent a pattern of failure across the facility. No actual harm was documented. Inspectors did find, however, that the conditions carried potential for more than minimal harm.
That distinction matters. A finding of potential for more than minimal harm is not a clean bill of health. It means inspectors concluded that what they observed could hurt someone, even if it had not yet.
The investigation was triggered by a complaint, not a routine survey. That means someone, a resident, a family member, a staff member, or a visitor, contacted regulators with a specific concern serious enough to send inspectors to the facility outside the normal inspection cycle.
The inspection report does not describe the specific hazard inspectors identified or the supervision failure they found. What it records is the regulatory conclusion: the facility was deficient, the scope was isolated, and the potential for harm was real.
Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Cheswick reported a correction date of May 18, 2026, roughly two and a half weeks after inspectors completed their visit. Whether that correction addressed the underlying conditions that prompted the original complaint is not reflected in the inspection record.
Nursing homes in Pennsylvania, like those across the country, are required to identify and address conditions in their physical environment that could lead to resident accidents. Older adults in long-term care are often managing mobility problems, cognitive decline, or both. A hazard that a younger, healthy person might navigate without incident can mean a fall, a serious injury, or worse for a frail nursing home resident.
The federal deficiency category that covers this type of violation, known by inspectors as F0689, is among the more commonly cited in nursing home inspections nationally. That frequency does not make it routine. Falls are among the leading causes of injury-related death among older adults, and nursing homes bear specific responsibility for identifying and removing the conditions that make falls and other accidents more likely.
A complaint investigation that ends with a deficiency finding means inspectors looked at what was reported, found it credible, and documented a violation. It also means that before inspectors arrived, the conditions existed long enough for someone to notice them and decide they were serious enough to report.
The facility's correction date of May 18 falls within the window regulators typically allow for lower-severity findings. Whether the correction was verified by inspectors through a follow-up visit is not indicated in the available record.
What the record does not contain is any account of a specific resident who encountered the hazard, any description of what the hazard was or where in the facility it existed, or any detail about what supervision failures inspectors observed. The inspection narrative, as released, is spare.
That sparseness is its own kind of information. A complaint came in. Inspectors went to the facility. They found something. They cited it. The facility said it fixed the problem eighteen days later.
For the person who filed that complaint, the sequence likely looked different. It probably started with something they saw, or something that happened to someone they cared about, that made them pick up the phone.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing At Cheswick from 2026-04-30 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Last verified: July 23, 2026 · Our methodology
KADIMA REHABILITATION & NURSING AT CHESWICK in CHESWICK, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 30, 2026.
Inspectors classified the violation as isolated, meaning it did not affect every resident or represent a pattern of failure across the facility.
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.