Kadima Rehabilitation Latrobe: Discharge Planning Failure - PA
Inspectors visited Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Latrobe on May 28, 2026, responding to a complaint. What they found was a resident who had been waiting roughly six weeks to go home, watching her bill climb, and afraid to walk out the door.
Resident 2, as she is identified in the inspection report, told inspectors she had been ready to discharge about six weeks before they arrived. Staff had come to her room to discuss discharge planning around that time, she said, and then nothing happened. The social worker went on leave. The conversation never continued.
She said she did not want to leave against medical advice. The reason was specific: she believed the facility would contact protective services, and she would not receive the equipment or medications she needed. So she stayed. And she waited.
The Social Services Director told inspectors she had first met with Resident 2 in January 2026, at which point the resident had not wanted to leave. Then, on April 17, 2026, she was asked to meet with Resident 2 again, this time with another staff member present. Discharge planning started that day, she said. Nursing was notified to conduct oxygen testing. Then, around April 25, the Social Services Director went on leave.
Nothing in the clinical record showed any of that April work actually happened. No documentation of discharge planning. No follow-through on the oxygen testing notification. The record was empty.
The Director of Therapy had a different read on the situation entirely. He told inspectors that Resident 2 had poor therapy participation. He acknowledged she went on leaves of absence with her family without incident, but said he did not believe she had a place to go. He was not aware of any discharge plans in the works.
That belief, unsupported by the facts the Social Services Director had already confirmed, had apparently shaped how the facility was treating the situation. The resident had an apartment. The Social Services Director confirmed it. The Director of Therapy did not know.
The Nursing Home Administrator, interviewed at 3:40 p.m. on the day inspectors visited, confirmed what the record showed: there was no documented evidence of any discharge planning in Resident 2's clinical record until that same day, May 28, 2026, the day inspectors were already on site.
Six weeks of waiting, and the paperwork began the afternoon federal inspectors were walking the halls.
Inspectors noted the violation carried minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lowest level on the federal scale. The finding affected few residents, one of 13 reviewed in this category.
But the harm Resident 2 described was not clinical. It was financial and personal. Every day she remained, her bill grew. Every day, she was a resident of a nursing facility rather than a person living in her own apartment, with her own caregivers, near her own family. She had arranged all of it. She had asked to go. She had been told, in effect, to keep waiting.
A follow-up interview with Resident 2 later the same afternoon confirmed she had finally been given a discharge date: June 5, 2026. Eight days away. Roughly six weeks after she first said she was ready.
The inspection report does not say whether anyone explained to her why it took this long.
Full Inspection Report
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KADIMA REHABILITATION & NURSING AT LATROBE in LATROBE, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 28, 2026.
Inspectors visited Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Latrobe on May 28, 2026, responding to a complaint.
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.