Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice is a 42-bed nonprofit nursing home in Adamstown, Maryland, part of Acts Retirement-Life Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.20 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Maryland average of 2.12, and 11.5% nursing staff turnover (Maryland average 40.2%).
Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice
3200 Baker CircleAdamstown, MD 21710
Frederick 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 Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice, nurse aides logged 2.20 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Maryland average. With about 25 residents a day, that works out to roughly 55 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maryland avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.20 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.54 | 0.84 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.32 | 3.87 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.84 | 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
11.5% of nursing staff at Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice 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 Feb 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Maryland average 17.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice holds 5 of 5 overall; the Maryland average is 3.1.
About Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Acts Retirement-Life Communities, 27 homes
- Legal name: Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 18, 2000
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Frederick Crossing of Journey Frederick | 6.4 | 120 | 1.84 | 3.30 | 29.3% | 4 | $13,538 |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Braddock Heights Frederick | 7.0 | 65 | 1.62 | 3.31 | 51.1% | 4 | None |
| Northampton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente Frederick | 7.9 | 196 | 1.78 | 3.44 | 26.1% | 1 | $16,562 |
| Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center of Frederi Frederick | 7.9 | 170 | 2.20 | 3.99 | 27.5% | 5 | None |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek Frederick | 8.3 | 130 | 2.00 | 3.80 | 32.7% | 2 | None |
| Homewood Living Frederick Frederick | 10.5 | 120 | 2.35 | 4.42 | 26.4% | 5 | None |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Glade Valley Walkersville | 11.5 | 124 | 1.72 | 3.55 | 52.3% | 2 | $37,265 |
| Lorien Health Systems Mt Airy Mount Airy | 15.0 | 62 | 2.84 | 5.01 | 34.8% | 5 | 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.