CCN 215130 · Carroll County, Maryland
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven
7200 Third Avenue, Sykesville, MD 21784
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven is a 79-bed nonprofit nursing home in Sykesville, Maryland, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1981. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 40.6 residents a day, about 51% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 79
- Average residents per day
- 40.6 (51.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.
- Certified since
- Jan 5, 1981
- Chain or affiliated group
- Acts Retirement-Life Communities (27 facilities, chain average 4.9 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Maryland median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 33 at 1, 43 at 2, 46 at 3, 43 at 4, 54 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.51 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.37 | 0.70 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.95 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.1% | 41.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 51.4% | 89.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Jul 18, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center Fairhaven meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.Organization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 12/31/2022 |
| Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2022 |
| Acts Management Services, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2022 |
| Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2022 |
| Ahern, SusanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Athen, MichaelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Christiansen, KarenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Fox, GlennIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Grant, GeraldIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Grant, JonathanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Valdivia, PeggyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc..
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2020 | Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc. | Fairhaven, Inc. |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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