All citations for Autumn Lake Healthcare at Baltimore Washington
State inspectors check nursing homes that take Medicare or Medicaid against federal rules, usually about once a year, and also look into complaints. Each rule a home did not meet is a citation.
Last standard health inspection on record
February 13, 2026
Showing 26 to 47 of 47 citations
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
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.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 23, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 17, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 17, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 17, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 17, 2024).
No harm, with potential for more than minimal harm
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
The home gave a date the problem would be corrected (October 17, 2024).
Source: CMS Provider Information, Fire Safety Deficiencies, Health Deficiencies, Citation Code Look-up, data as of October 1, 2026. Inspection results describe the home at the time of each inspection.