Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center

It is certified for 200 beds, and about 138 residents live there on a typical day, which makes it one of the larger nursing homes in the Pittsburgh area. A bigger building can mean more staff and programs, but ask how many nurses and aides are on each shift so you know what day-to-day attention looks like.

Federal regulators rate the home 1 out of 5 stars overall, the lowest score, with health inspections also at 1 star. A fine of $274,651 is on record, and the home carries an abuse-warning icon, meaning inspectors cited it for abuse or a risk of abuse. Staffing is 2 stars and quality measures 4 stars, with long-stay quality measures at 5 stars. These ratings come from government inspections and reporting, not family reviews, so treat them as a prompt for hard questions rather than the whole picture.

Ask the administrator directly what led to the abuse citation and the $274,651 fine, when it happened, what has changed since, and how the home now protects residents and reports concerns. Ask to see the most recent inspection report and the plan of correction. How staff answer these questions tells you a lot about whether the home is open about its record.

As a skilled nursing facility it offers short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay and long-term nursing care, with nursing staff on site around the clock. The building's website lists physical, occupational, and speech therapy plus hospice and respite care, but that exact list also appears word-for-word on the operator's other Pennsylvania homes, so confirm which programs this specific building runs and whether items like memory care or dialysis are handled on site or arranged elsewhere.

In federal records the home is part of the CommuniCare group, a chain of 121 facilities across six states, and it is run as a for-profit corporation. Its current website, however, brands the building under Saber Healthcare, so ownership appears to have changed or be changing. Ask the staff which company runs the home today, since that affects who is accountable for the inspection record above.

The same operator runs two other Pennsylvania homes with similar names: Perry Health & Rehab in Wexford and Terrace Health & Rehab in Uniontown. You can reach Rose Meadows at 412-885-8400, the number listed on its website next to the Skyline Drive address. Call ahead to arrange a tour and to confirm current bed availability and which insurance plans the home accepts.