Cherrydale Health & Rehab: No Correction Plan Filed - VA
Federal inspectors visited Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center on November 13, 2025, and reviewed the clinical file for a resident identified in the report as R8, who received regular hemodialysis at an outside center. The record contained no Dialysis Communication Forms for November. None had been uploaded.
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 back from the dialysis center into the medical record. Neither had happened.
When inspectors sat down with the Administrator, Assistant Administrator, Director of Nursing, and Regional Director of Clinical Services that afternoon, the Administrator said he would expect to find documentation in R8's record showing when the resident left and when he returned. That documentation did not exist.
The deficiency was cited at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting a small number of residents.
What the record gap means in practice is that anyone reviewing R8's chart during November, whether a nurse starting a shift, a physician checking in, or a family member asking questions, would have had no way of knowing when the resident had last gone to dialysis, what the dialysis center had reported back, or whether anything had changed in his condition between appointments. For a patient on hemodialysis, that information is not incidental. It tracks fluid levels, treatment duration, and complications that can shift quickly.
No explanation was offered at the meeting for why a full month of required documentation was missing.
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CHERRYDALE HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in ARLINGTON, VA was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 13, 2025.
The record contained no Dialysis Communication Forms for November.
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.