Southwestern Veterans Center

• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2026

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 14, 2025

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 14, 2025

• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 4, 2025

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 8, 2024

• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 8, 2024

• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 18, 2024

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity J of L: immediate jeopardy, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Feb 5, 2024

• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Feb 5, 2024

• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Feb 5, 2024

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 8, 2024

• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 8, 2024

• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 8, 2024

Southwestern Veterans Center offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Southwestern Veterans Center is located at 7060 Highland Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Southwestern Veterans Center carries a 3.7 out of 5 rating from 10 Google reviews. Southwestern Veterans Center is a skilled nursing facility in Pittsburgh dedicated to serving veterans, with most reviewers praising the caring staff and quality of care. Reviews on MyLivingChoice come from families who confirmed a connection to the community and appear with the reviewer's first name and last initial.

Southwestern Veterans Center had 6 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 45 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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