The Blake at Charlottesville was inspected 25 times between June 23, 2023 and April 2, 2026 by the Virginia Department of Social Services. 20 of those visits ended with violations cited and 5 with none. Across that history VDSS cited 54 violations under 36 distinct standards. 14 inspections were prompted by a complaint.
A violation is a licensing standard - a rule in the Virginia Administrative Code - that the inspector found the facility was not meeting. Each is shown with the evidence the inspector recorded and, where VDSS publishes it, the facility's own plan of correction.
Every inspection listed here is currently published on the VDSS site.
Provider Information
Inspection History
25Select an inspection to read the areas reviewed, the inspector's comments and any violations cited.
April 2, 2026Complaint survey
- The facility reported an outbreak of a gastro-intestinal virus of 14 residents to the Health Department on 2-18-26, but failed to report the outbreak to the licensing representative of the Department of Social Services in the regional licensing office. This was confirmed by Staff # 1.
February 9, 2026Inspection
- Based on an incident report and interviews, Resident # 1 was pushed by Resident # 2 in the dining area of the facility on 12-19-2025. Resident #1 was injured in the fall and required transport to a local hospital.
- Staff #2 confirmed that Resident #1 was injured in a fall at the facility on 12-19-2025.
- According to a review of the record of Resident # 1, Resident # 1 fell on 12-19-25 as a result of being pushed by another resident and had to be transported to a local hospital.
- The facility was unable to provide documentation during the onsite inspection that indicated that facility staff notified the next of kin of Resident # 1.
December 17, 2025Complaint survey
December 4, 2025Inspection
- The record for memory care Resident # 8 (admit date: 7-7-23) only contained a Review of Appropriateness of Continued Residence in Special Care Unit form dated 2-5-25. This was confirmed by staff.
- The record for Resident # 8 (admit date: 7-7-23) contained a written assurance that was not signed by the resident or his/her legal representative. This was confirmed by staff.
- -The record for Staff # 1 (date of hire: 7-30-25) did not contain first aid certification. -The record for Staff # 4 (date of hire: 2-28-24) did not contain first aid certification. This was confirmed by staff.
November 20, 2025Inspection
- -According to the self-report received as well as facility documentation and a staff interview, a medication error occurred on 10-28-25 in which Resident # 1 was given a Fentanyl 50 mcg patch at 9:00 a.m., when the resident’s physician’s order and Medication Administration Record indicated a Fentanyl 12 mcg patch at 9:00 a.m. -Progress notes for Resident # 1 dated 10-29-25 indicated that the wrong dosage patch was observed/removed by staff, the resident’s family and physician were notified, and the resident’s vitals were observed with no adverse effects noted to the resident.
November 20, 2025Complaint survey
- -A review of the facility’s census on the memory care unit for the month of September 2025 noted a census of 40-43 residents daily, indicating the need for 4 direct care staff on duty at all times on the unit when there were 40 residents and the need for 5 direct care staff on duty at all times on the unit when there were 41-43 residents. -Per a review of the memory care staff schedule for the month of September 2025 as well as an interview with staff, the facility did not ensure that there were 4-5 direct care staff on duty at all times on the memory care unit when the census was 40-43 residents.
January 17, 2025Inspection
- The first staff who administered the 8:00 p.m. dosage of Gabapentin to Resident # 1 did not document it on the MAR and the medication was administered to the resident a second time by the evening nurse.
- Per the facility’s self-report and staff interviews, on 1-12-25 the nurse administered Gabapentin 300 mg to Resident # 1 prior to 8:00 p.m. The physician’s order for Resident # 1 as of 11-7-24 states: “Gabapentin 300 mg Take 1 capsule by mouth twice daily for pain 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. However, the Medication Administration Record (MAR) for January 2025 did not match the physician’s order as the MAR states, “Gabapentin 300 mg Take 2 capsules (600 mg) by mouth twice daily for pain.” The staff member did not document that the medication was administered on the electronic MAR and another nurse therefore administered the same medication to the resident and documented it on the MAR for the 8:00 p.m dosage.
December 16, 2024Inspection
- The record for Resident # 4 contained an ISP signed and dated by staff on 4-14-24 and 4-15-24, but was not signed or dated by the resident or his/her legal representative.
- -The record for Staff # 3 (date of hire:10-4-24) did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. -The record for Staff # 27 (date of hire: 2-13-24) did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. -The record for Staff # 30 (date of hire: 1-11-24) did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. -The record for Staff # 31 (date of hire: 4-29-24) did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. -The record for Staff # 54 (date of hire: 1-3-24) did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation.
- The first aid kit did not contain adhesive tape, antiseptic ointment, or band aids.
- -The record for Staff # 33 (date of hire 1-23-24) contained a criminal record report that was dated 3-21-24. -The record for Staff # 35 (date of hire: 6-6-24) contained a criminal record report dated 9-12-24. -The record for Staff # 39 (date of hire: 6-26-24) did not contain a criminal record report.
- The record for Resident # 8 (admit date: 12-16-22), who resides on the secure unit, did not contain a six month review of appropriateness of continued placement on the special care unit.
- of this review shall be the resident's, his legal representative's or responsible individual's, or staff person's written acknowledgment of having been so informed, which shall include the date of the review and shall be filed in the resident's or staff person's record. Evidence: The record for Resident # 7 (admit date: 5-25-23) and Resident # 8 (admit date: 12-16-22) did not contain written acknowledgement of an annual review of the rights and responsibilities of residents in assisted living facilities.
December 14, 2024Complaint survey
- There was no documentation in the 2 Hour Rounds log for Resident # 1 for November 2023 from 11-18-23 until 11-20-23 and from 11-21-23 until 11-26-23 and no documentation for 11-27-23.
- Staff #1 and Staff #2 stated that the rooms of some memory care residents are locked to prevent residents from wandering into other residents’ rooms on the unit. Staff #1 and Staff #2 stated that staff open the residents’ room doors with keys when they observe the residents returning to their room doors. Staff #1 and Staff #2 stated that many of the residents’ family members request that their loved ones door be locked to prevent other residents from wandering into their rooms.
October 24, 2024Inspection
- -Per the self-report received from the facility on 6-24-24 as well as an interview with the facility administrator and staff documentation, Resident # 1, who resides in the memory care unit, was observed on 6-23-24 to be “highly agitated, banging on doors, trying to get out. Staff was unable to redirect.” -Per facility documentation, resident was last seen at 7:30 a.m. on 6-23-24. Staff observed at 9:20 a.m. that the window in Resident # 1’s room was completely open and the window screen was bent out, indicating that the resident had eloped from the facility. -The resident was located on 6-23-24 at 11:55 a.m. at his home, approximately 20 miles from the facility, without incident.