The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
ALTHEA WOODLAND NURSING HOME
SILVER SPRING, MD · Medicare-certified · 50 beds
In good standing
For-profit
4 of 5 overall
ALTHEA WOODLAND NURSING HOME in Silver Spring, MD has a 4 out of 5 star overall rating, with 4-star health inspection, staffing, and quality scores. Reported nurse staffing is 3.85 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were $0 in fines in the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included food handling, resident records/privacy, and pest control.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.8489 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 25, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.8489.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.59
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.91
- Nurse aides
- 2.34
- Weekend nursing
- 3.55
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 28%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
28.3%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
1.8%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8.3%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
4.2%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4.3%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
24.2%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.2%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
12.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.1%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
16.8%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.6%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
95.5%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
84.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
51.6%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to make sure it had a pest control program to prevent or deal with mice, insects, and other pests. Cited July 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 925 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: E
The home failed to let the resident help develop and carry out their own care plan. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 553 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Occupancy
- 47.5 residents on an average day (95% of 50 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 35 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.