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Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice

3200 BAKER CIRCLE, ADAMSTOWN, MD, 21710
(301) 644-1636
42 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
42
State license
2410016
CMS facility ID
215329
Care type
Nursing home
Facility name
Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice
Street address
3200 BAKER CIRCLE
City / state / ZIP
Adamstown, MD 21710
Phone
(301) 644-1636
State license #
2410016

Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Adamstown, Maryland. It is licensed for 42 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Maryland (120 beds).

It is one of 1 senior care facility in Adamstown and 221 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Buckingham's Choice 37 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 3 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Acts Retirement-life Communities
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Acts Acquisition and Development Company Llc
Indirect owner — since 2022
Acts Alliance Management Llc
Indirect owner — since 2022
Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.
Direct owner · Mortgage holder · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Acts Legacy Foundation, Inc.
Indirect owner — since 2022
Acts Management Services, Inc.
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Acts Retirement Services, Inc
Indirect owner — since 2022
Acts Retirement-life Communities Inc
Indirect owner — since 2022
Acts Retirement-life Communities Management, Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Acts Signature Community Services Inc
Indirect owner — since 2022
Ahern, Susan
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Baker Tilly Advisory Group Lp
Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Baker Tilly Us Llp
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Bonita Springs Retirement Village Inc
Indirect owner — since 2024
Christiansen, Karen
Director · Officer · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Detweiler, Harold
Director — since 2025
Forrest, Anne
Director — since 2025
Fox, Glenn
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Grant, Gerald
Director · Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Grant, Jonathan
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Grimmel, Eric
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Kelly, Michael
Director — since 2025
Lakhani, Tasneem
Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Lawson, Daniel
Director — since 2025
Mease Life Inc
Indirect owner — since 2023
Neary, Anne
Director — since 2025
Paquette, Ellen
Director — since 2025
U.s. Bank
Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Valdivia, Peggy
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2000-03-18
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
4 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-02-17
Nurse staffing
4.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$2,397 per day (≈ $72,870/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
5% Medicaid · 23% Medicare · 72% private/other
Occupancy
57% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
446% above the MD median of $439/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
42
Licensed as
Long Term Care
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 3 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-02-17Health inspection4 citations
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2026-02-26
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-02-26
F-0712
E · No harm found
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Corrected 2026-02-26
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2026-02-26
2024-11-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered6 citations
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2024-12-13
F-0656
E · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2024-12-13
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2024-12-13
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-12-13
F-0804
E · No harm foundFood safety
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Corrected 2024-12-13
F-0812
E · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-12-13
4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (27 citations)
2019-08-19Health inspection13 citations
F-0578
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0580
D · No harm found
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0584
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0638
D · No harm found
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0655
D · No harm found
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0661
D · No harm found
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0758
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2019-10-17
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2019-10-17
2026-02-17Fire-safety inspection7 citations
K-0200
E · No harm found
Meet other general requirements.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0223
E · No harm found
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0331
E · No harm found
Construct fire resistant interior walls.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0362
E · No harm found
Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2026-04-02
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2026-04-02
2024-11-22Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0351
E · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2025-01-07
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2025-01-07
K-0761
F · No harm found
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Corrected 2025-01-07
K-0923
F · No harm found
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Corrected 2025-01-07
2019-08-19Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0293
B · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2019-09-30
K-0321
D · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2019-09-30
K-0712
D · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2019-09-30
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 215329.
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Ownership & corporate history

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Corporate network & affiliates
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered