Nursing home
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven
7200 Third Avenue, Sykesville, MD 21784 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Acts Retirement-Life Communities (26 facilities) · 79 certified beds
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Sykesville, Maryland. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.22 hours per resident per day, above the Maryland average of 3.87. Its most recent inspection on Jul 18, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven compares
This facility vs. the Maryland and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Maryland avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.22 | 3.87 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.39 | 0.81 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.19 | 2.15 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.5% | 40.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 18.9 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the July 18, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 25, 2025
What inspectors found at Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 2, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 7200 Third Avenue
Sykesville, MD 21784 - CMS certification #
- 215130
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 79
- Avg residents/day
- 41.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1981-01-05
- Chain
- Acts Retirement-Life Communities (26 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Acts Retirement-Life Communities
Acts Retirement-Life Communities operates 26 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Acts Retirement-Life Communities facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Signature Hospice
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: one-bedroom, cottage or villa.
Discover a wide array of living options from multi-room villas and cottages nestled in a picturesque, woodland setting, to cozy one-bedroom Sykesville senior apartments.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Entrance fee: charged.
With Acts Life Care®, you don’t have to worry about future healthcare needs, as many future needs are already covered by your monthly fee and entrance fee.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Northwest Hospital Center, Randallstown. 10.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Autumn Lake Healthcare at Birch Manor, Sykesville. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vna Of Maryland, Owings Mills. 9.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 21784 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Owings Mills Dialysis Center, Owings Mills, 9.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Baltimore County Dialysis Center, Randallstown, 9.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Ellicott City Dialysis, Ellicott City, 10.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 21784.
Heartland Hospice (Baltimore), office in Windsor Mill, 12.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Maryland, office in Columbia, 12.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Bridginglife, Inc., office in Westminster, 12.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Scott T Maurer Md LLC, Glenwood. 5.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven a good nursing home?
CMS gives Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven staffed?
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven reports 4.22 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Maryland average of 3.87.
Has Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven have?
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven is certified for 79 beds.