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    Larkin Chase Center

    15005 Health Center Dr, Bowie, MD 20716
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.08·(48)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.3
    • Value

      4.1

    Pros

    • clean, well-maintained facility
    • friendly, welcoming admissions and reception
    • compassionate and patient caregiving staff
    • informative and thorough facility tours
    • tasty, well-portioned meals
    • engaging activities and social programming
    • rehabilitation-focused clinical services
    • attentive nursing and therapy staff
    • responsive management and administrative communication
    • home-like, comfortable atmosphere

    Cons

    • inconsistent staff responsiveness to resident needs
    • Staff demeanor and communication tone
    • understaffing and overextended direct-care aides
    • incontinence-care and sanitation concerns in some areas
    • gaps in resident safety monitoring and belongings security
    • inconsistent discharge planning and home-equipment provision
    • limited in-person physician availability and medical follow-through
    • HVAC and temperature-control variability
    • inconsistent infection-control supplies and practices
    • variability in overall care quality and family experience

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews indicate a highly mixed set of experiences at this facility. Many families and visitors describe a clean, attractive environment with warm, compassionate staff and strong rehabilitative services. At the same time, other accounts identify operational weaknesses that have materially affected care continuity and family confidence. Prospective residents and families should expect both demonstrable strengths and variability in day-to-day performance.

    Care quality: Clinical and day-to-day care appears inconsistent. Positive comments highlight attentive nursing and therapy during rehabilitation stays and improvements in resident wellbeing under the facility’s programs. Conversely, several accounts describe delays in attending to resident needs, slow responses to call bells, and gaps in follow-through on medical orders. There are also multiple references to limitations in on-site physician availability and fewer in-person doctor visits, which can affect timely clinical decision-making for higher-acuity residents.

    Staffing and conduct: Staff demeanor and responsiveness vary across reports. Many reviewers praise kind, patient, and engaged caregivers who create a family-like atmosphere; other reviewers cite brusque or rude interactions and express concern that aides are overworked. The pattern suggests staffing levels or scheduling may contribute to uneven resident experience and to longer wait times for basic assistance when census or acuity is high.

    Dining and activities: Dining and social programming are consistent strengths. Numerous comments note well-seasoned, adequately portioned meals and an enjoyable dining environment. Activities and social engagement are described as meaningful and supportive of resident wellbeing; the facility’s rehabilitation focus is often cited positively in this area.

    Facilities and sanitation: The physical facility is frequently described as very clean, attractive, and comfortable. However, there are isolated but recurrent sanitation and odor concerns linked to incontinence-care practices in some areas, plus a few remarks about temperature-control variability. Additionally, some comments raise questions about availability of basic infection-control supplies and consistent housekeeping practices in specific units.

    Safety, discharge planning, and management: Safety monitoring and discharge processes show notable variability. Some families reported gaps in resident monitoring (including elopement/wandering risk management) and concerns about security of personal belongings. Discharge planning and provision of home equipment (hospital bed, wheelchair) are also identified as weak points in some transitions, with insufficient coordination or social-work follow-through. Management and admissions staff receive positive mentions for welcoming tours and clear communication at intake, but longer-term administrative follow-through is described as uneven. There is at least one isolated reference to external regulatory attention; families should verify current compliance and follow-up information directly with the facility.

    Actionable considerations for families: The reviews suggest that prospective residents will benefit from an in-person tour and direct questions about staffing ratios on the unit, typical call-bell response times, incontinence-care protocols, physician coverage, discharge planning procedures, and equipment provision. Ask to speak with the unit manager about recent staffing and quality-improvement efforts, and request information on how the facility monitors safety events and secures resident belongings. Given the variability in experiences, individualized due diligence is recommended to assess fit for a specific care level and family expectations.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Larkin Chase Center is located at 15005 Health Center Dr, Bowie, MD, 20716.

    About Larkin Chase Center

    Larkin Chase Center in Bowie, Maryland was a for-profit skilled nursing facility that operated under Genesis Healthcare, with a 120-bed capacity, and was part of a larger health campus that included the UM Bowie Health Center Emergency Department, offering Level 2 emergency care, lab, and x-ray services, so residents got care day or night, seven days a week, and the place provided both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care, including hospice, palliative, and dementia services along with pain management, psychiatric care, IV therapy, colostomy and bariatric care, wound management, and cardiac programs, while also having occupational, physical, speech, and respiratory therapy for those recovering from illness or surgery, plus support for veterans through the We Honor Veterans program and an AHCA Bronze Quality Award for commitment to care, and the staff included specialists in rehabilitation and social work, and rooms came both private and shared, with features like air conditioning, kitchenettes, common and activity areas, gardens, beauty/barber shops, as well as amenities like wheelchair access, WiFi, phones, a full call system, and mail and newspaper service, so folks could have pets, and there were outings, movie nights, community activities, and garden spaces for those able, with meals fitting diabetic or allergy needs and full service for housekeeping, laundry, transportation, and medication management, and the staff helped with bathing, dressing, and other daily tasks while the transitional care unit and cardiac management program tried to help people get back on their feet if they were able, and the whole place was set up to handle a wide variety of medical and social needs for people of any age, though inspectors found issues like high physical restraint usage-several times the state average for long-stay residents-along with infection control violations, pressure ulcers in short-stay residents at about half the state and national averages, and a total of 16 deficiencies during its last health inspection, including quality of care and resident mistreatment problems, and with all that, they held a 3-star rating in quality measures, but just 2 stars for staffing and a 1-star overall Medicare rating, and the center had no nearby competition within four miles, accepted both Medicare and Medicaid, but is now closed, having once been part of a bigger campus that served everybody from newborns to seniors, all on 50 acres in suburban Prince George's County.

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