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When recovery matters most, Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods provides compassionate skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Cambridge, Maryland. Our experienced team focuses on helping patients regain strength and independence through personalized care plans and evidence-based therapies.
Capacity
98 residents
Location
Cambridge, MD
Status
Listed in a public registry
525 GLENBURN AVENUE, Cambridge, Maryland 21613
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 December 19, 2025, state inspectors cited 17 health deficiencies (the Maryland average is 17.0).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 59 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the Maryland average.
Medicare fined Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods 2 times in the last three years, $50,879 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 59 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 43 minutesBelow the Maryland average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 39% |
34 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
December 19, 2025 · Standard inspection · 17 citations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
March 5, 2024 · Standard inspection · 11 citations
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.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
2 fines totaling $50,879 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on December 19, 2025 and cited 17 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The Maryland average is 17.0.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 59 minutes with each resident per day, including 43 minutes from registered nurses. 39% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods 2 times in the last three years, totaling $50,879.
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.