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Autumn Lake Healthcare at Birch Manor brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to Sykesville, Maryland families seeking compassionate post-acute care. Our team focuses on helping residents regain independence through personalized recovery programs, whether following surgery or during health transitions.
Capacity
118 residents
Location
Sykesville, MD
Status
Listed in a public registry
7309 SECOND AVENUE, Sykesville, Maryland 21784
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 11, 2025, state inspectors cited 23 health deficiencies (the Maryland average is 17.0).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 25 minutes with each resident a day, below the Maryland average of 3 hours 52 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Autumn Lake Healthcare at Birch Manor in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 25 minutesBelow the Maryland average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 29 minutesBelow the Maryland average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 36%Below the Maryland average |
25 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
November 20, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
June 11, 2025 · Standard inspection · 22 citations
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide enough power supply for lighting all entrances and exits; equipment for fire detection and alarm systems, and extinguishers.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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State inspectors visited on June 11, 2025 and cited 23 health deficiencies, 6 of them from complaint investigations. The Maryland average is 17.0.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 25 minutes with each resident per day, including 29 minutes from registered nurses. 36% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Autumn Lake Healthcare at Birch Manor in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.