23 Nursing Homes In MD Among Nation’s Best: U.S. News

MARYLAND — Twenty-three nursing homes in Maryland are among the nation’s best, according to a new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report that sheds light on a nationwide nursing home staffing shortage.

The 2025 Best Nursing Homes report ranks facilities that offer short- or long-term care or assisted living services. Fewer than 20 percent of the nursing homes evaluated made the ranking, U.S. News said in a news release.

In Maryland, 218 nursing homes were evaluated and 23 appeared on the 2025 “best” list for top overall ratings in care.

• Advanced Rehabilitation at Autumn Lake Healthcare, 515 Brightfield Road, Lutherville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crofton, 2131 Davidsonville Rd., Crofton, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Autumn Lake Healthcare at Waugh Chapel, 1221 Waugh Chapel Road, Gambrills, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Baywoods of Annapolis, 7101 Bay Front Dr., Annapolis, Gambrills, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Bedford Court Healthcare Center, 3701 International Dr., Silver Spring, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Broadmead, 13801 York Road, Cockeysville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Charlestown Community, 709 Maiden Choice Ln., Catonsville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Garrett County Sub-Acute Unit, 251 N. Fourth St., Oakland, , 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center Sub-Acute Unit, 6701 N. Charles St., Baltimore, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Ingleside at King Farm, 701 King Farm Blvd., Rockville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Keswick Multi-Care Center, 700 W. 40th St., Baltimore, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Little Sisters of the Poor - Baltimore, 601 Maiden Choice Ln., Baltimore, 5/5 overall, 3/3 long-term care ranking
• Lorien Bulle Rock, 1501 Blenheim Farm Ln., Havre de Grace, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Maplewood Park Place, 9707 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Residences at Vantage Point, 5400 Vantage Point Rd., Columbia, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Riderwood Village, 3160 Gracefield Rd., Silver Spring, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40 St., Baltimore, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Sacred Heart Home, 5805 Queens Chapel Rd., Hyattsville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 long-term care ranking
• Sterling Care Hillhaven, 3210 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• St. Joseph's Nursing Home, 1222 Tugwell Dr., Catonsville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 long-term care ranking
• The Village at Rockville, 9701 Veirs Dr., Rockville, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Transitional Care Services at Mercy Medical Center, 301 St. Paul Pl., Baltimore, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking
• Tuckerman Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 5550 Tuckerman Ln., North Bethesda, 5/5 overall, 3/3 short-term care ranking

U.S. News said 1,637 U.S. cities (out of 5,147) and 715 U.S. counties (out of 1,687) have at least one nursing home on the list.

“These facilities set the standard for quality care and should be commended for their commitment to improving the lives of their residents,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in a news release.

Overall, the evaluation found that more than half of U.S. nursing homes don’t comply with federal regulations requiring at least eight registered nurse staffing hours every day. Among those that did not comply, the average nursing home had 15 days of inadequate staffing, according to the report.

“Staffing levels continue to be a major challenge for U.S. nursing homes,” Harder said.

The short-term rehabilitation facilities that were ranked have an average of 50 percent more nursing care per resident than facilities ranked below average in short-term rehab. The top long-term facilities have double the staff retention rate of nursing homes when compared to underperforming nursing homes, Harder said.

Among other findings:

• The best nursing homes for short-term rehabilitation discharge an average of 50 percent more patients to a residence (rather than a long-term care setting) compared to facilities rated as below average.
• The best nursing homes for long-term care preserve residents’ self-reliance longer: residents are on average 50 percent less likely to lose the ability to perform self-care activities, such as feeding and washing themselves, compared to residents at facilities rated as below average.
• The best nursing homes for long-term care give residents antipsychotic medications 46 percent less of the time compared to facilities rated as below average.
• Residents at the best long-term care facilities are more than 60 percent less likely to require emergency department care compared to residents at facilities rated as below average.

Metro areas with the most nursing homes on the “best” list (in alphabetical order) are Boston, Chicago, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco-Oakland and Washington, D.C.

To calculate the Best Nursing Homes ratings, U.S. News evaluated each nursing home’s performance using a variety of quality measures obtained from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. Among factors considered are resident care, safety, outcomes and other aspects of quality — including data on nurse staffing levels, consistency and retention, as well as use of antipsychotic drugs and success in preventing ER visits.