Friends Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Friends Nursing Home is a 82-bed for-profit nursing home in Sandy Spring, Maryland. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.34 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the Maryland average of 2.12, and 15.3% nursing staff turnover (Maryland average 40.2%).
Friends Nursing Home
17340 Quaker LaneSandy Spring, MD 20860
Montgomery County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Friends Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.34 hours per resident per day, 10% above the Maryland average. With about 65 residents a day, that works out to roughly 152 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maryland avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.34 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.74 | 0.84 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.94 | 3.87 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.94 | 3.47 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
15.3% of nursing staff at Friends Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Maryland average of 40.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 26, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Maryland average 17.5). CMS lists 8 fines totaling $22,965 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2023 | Fine | $3,904 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Fine | $3,496 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $3,208 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Fine | $2,857 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Fine | $2,447 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Fine | $2,098 |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Fine | $1,810 |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Fine | $3,145 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Friends Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Maryland average is 3.1.
About Friends Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Friends House Retirement Community Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1990
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Friends Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brooke Grove Rehab. & Nsg Ctr Sandy Spring | 1.2 | 190 | 2.55 | 4.45 | 29.9% | 2 | None |
| Bedford Court Healthcare Cent. Silver Spring | 3.5 | 60 | 2.98 | 5.06 | 19.1% | 5 | None |
| Layhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Silver Spring | 3.8 | 129 | 1.84 | 3.46 | 38.1% | 1 | $153,596 |
| Harmony Suites Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Silver Spring | 4.2 | 100 | 2.26 | 4.15 | 49.3% | 2 | $61,269 |
| Fairland Center Silver Spring | 5.4 | 92 | 1.66 | 3.75 | 45.7% | 2 | None |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Oak Manor Burtonsville | 5.5 | 145 | 1.87 | 3.63 | 38.7% | 4 | $11,381 |
| Complete Care at Springbrook Silver Spring | 5.8 | 93 | 1.91 | 3.45 | 37.8% | 3 | None |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Silver Spring Silver Spring | 6.2 | 148 | 2.01 | 3.51 | 27.4% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.