Nursing home report
SILVER SPRING, MD · Medicare-certified · 151 beds
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Arcola has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with strong quality measures (5/5) but only average health inspection and staffing ratings (3/5 each). Reported nurse staffing is 3.39 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3874 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3874.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited August 2019 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: J
The home failed to let a resident come back after a hospital stay or therapeutic leave that went beyond its bed-hold policy. Cited August 2019 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 626 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: J
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited December 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited December 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 18 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 19 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 20 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Autumn Lake Healthcare at Arcola, previously Arcola Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
