Friends Nursing Home

CMS Certification Number: 215211

Date First Approved to Provide Medicare/Medicaid Services: 1990-01-01

17340 Quaker Lane
Sandy Spring, MD 20860

Call (301) 924-7531

Metrics & Ratings for Friends Nursing Home

Friends Nursing Home has 82 Certified Beds and an average of 65.3 residents per day.

Friends Nursing Home has the following Quality Ratings.

(Data sourced from CMS.gov and updated 02/05/2026)

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5

Health Inspection Rating: 4 out of 5

QM Rating: 3 out of 5

Long Stay QM Rating: 2 out of 5

Short Stay QM Rating: 4 out of 5

Staffing Rating: 5 out of 5

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Staffing Metrics for Friends Nursing Home

Friends Nursing Home has the following staffing metrics, as reported by CMS.gov (Data updated 02/05/2026)

Reported Nurse Aide Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 2.40184

Reported LPN Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 0.89649

Reported RN Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 0.72933

Reported Licensed Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 1.62582

Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 4.02766

Total Number Of Nurse Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day On The Weekend: 4.05462

Registered Nurse Hours Per Resident Per Day On The Weekend: 0.81306

Reported Physical Therapist Staffing Hours Per Resident Per Day: 0.21242

Quality Reporting Program Metrics for Friends Nursing Home

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF: 63.48

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (National Comparison): Better than the National Rate

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF: 10.95

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (National Comparison): No Different than the National Rate

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge: 67.15

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Friends Nursing Home

Metrics & Ratings for Friends Nursing Home

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Staffing Metrics for Friends Nursing Home

Quality Reporting Program Metrics for Friends Nursing Home

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