Anchorage Healthcare Center

    105 Times Sq, Salisbury, MD 21801
    • Skilled Nursing
    1.5ยท10 reviews

    Understaffed facility causes serious neglect

    I placed my parent here for a short stay. The frontline staff were mostly kind and clearly overworked, but chronic understaffing and poor management caused serious issues: missed baths and feedings for bedbound residents, long response times and call buttons out of reach, dirty rooms and hygiene problems (we even had feces exposure), significant weight loss (~24 lbs in a month), delayed hospital transfer after infection, missing personal items, and poor communication from administration. Food and housekeeping need work - the caregivers try, but you'll need to be very involved and vigilant.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    1.50ยท(10)

    Overall rating

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

      1.4
    • Staff

      1.9
    • Meals

      1.6
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate frontline caregivers
    • Available on-site rehabilitation services
    • Family-engaged communication opportunities
    • On-site dining program

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and staffing shortages
    • Inconsistent personal-care routines (bathing and hygiene)
    • Delays in clinical response and transfer logistics
    • Nutrition-management gaps and unexplained weight loss
    • Inconsistent food quality and limited diet variety
    • Poor housekeeping and laundry processes
    • Facility maintenance and safety deficiencies (roof leaks, fire-safety concerns)
    • Weak family communication and care-plan coordination
    • Allegations of theft and financial misconduct
    • Inadequate activity staffing limiting resident participation
    • Gaps in infection-control and sanitation practices
    • Administrative leadership and accountability shortcomings

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews indicate a mixed picture at this facility: many families and visitors describe caring interactions from frontline staff and the presence of on-site rehabilitation and dining services, but persistent operational weaknesses appear to undermine consistent delivery of care. Positive caregiverโ€“resident interactions are frequently noted alongside concerns that staffing levels and administrative practices limit the facilityโ€™s ability to sustain those strengths.

    Care quality and clinical issues: Reviewers describe uneven clinical outcomes. While some staff provide attentive care, others note deterioration in mobility and nutrition during stays, including unexplained weight loss and delays in addressing clinical needs. There are repeated references to inconsistent personal-care routines (bathing, hygiene support, incontinence-care delays) and to delays in transfers and emergency logistics that have raised family concern about timeliness and coordination of care.

    Staff and management: The workforce is characterized as dedicated but stretched โ€” reviewers commonly attribute many problems to chronic understaffing, high workload, and low pay. These constraints are linked to long response times to call lights, insufficient assistance with activities of daily living, and gaps in documentation and family communication. Several reviews also describe problematic administrative behavior, including poor accountability, buck-passing between departments, and at least one allegation of withheld donations; these comments point to leadership and governance issues that families may want to probe further.

    Dining and nutrition: Comments on food are inconsistent. Some reviewers praised meals and staff efforts, while others described poor food quality, a lack of menu variety, and a uniform diet applied regardless of individual preferences or needs. Nutrition-management gaps are a recurring concern when combined with reports of significant weight loss over short stays, suggesting a need to review dietary planning and feeding support for residents with reduced intake.

    Activities and mobility: The facility appears to offer activities, but reviewers frequently identify insufficient staffing to get residents to or supported in programs. Families reported mobility declines during stays and expressed concerns about transfer practices and supervision that may contribute to functional deterioration.

    Facilities and housekeeping: Multiple comments describe maintenance and cleanliness issues, including roof leaks in a dining area, odor concerns in some spaces, inconsistent room cleaning, and problems with laundry and returned personal items. These sanitation and housekeeping lapses, together with reports of missing items and alleged thefts, contribute to a perception of uneven environmental safety and property-control processes.

    Notable patterns and family guidance: The overall pattern is one of capable frontline staff operating within constrained systems. Prospective residents and families should assess staffing ratios, ask about bathing and incontinence-care schedules, inquire about nutrition-monitoring and weight-change protocols, review transfer and emergency-response procedures, and request documentation of housekeeping, maintenance, and incident response practices. If considering placement, families may wish to arrange an extended visit, verify administrative transparency, and establish a clear communication plan with staff and leadership.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

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    Anchorage Healthcare Center is located at 105 Times Sq, Salisbury, MD, 21801.

    About Anchorage Healthcare Center

    Anchorage Healthcare Center sits at 105 Times Square in Salisbury, Maryland, and operates as a skilled nursing facility with 126 certified beds, which is bigger than most nursing homes in the state, with about 84 residents counted at the last check, so there's a good number of folks living there and you'll hear English mostly, but staff may speak other languages too. The place has been run by Health Care Facility Management, LLC since January 2016, and is affiliated with CommuniCare Health, which is a family-owned provider, and they have a focus on post-acute care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term care, and they cover different levels from independent living to memory care, even some adult day care, hospice, and home care, with memory care especially for seniors with Alzheimer's or other kinds of dementia.

    They say they've got a commitment to keeping residents safe, which includes checking for infections, stopping the spread, and making sure folks get flu and pneumonia shots, and they have a track record of putting these protocols in place, though inspections do show problems sometimes-83 deficiencies have been noted over time, 10 of those from the last standard health inspection back in November 2017, and the Medicare star ratings for health inspections and staffing hours per resident are much below average, so the facility's record in those areas shows some room for improvement. Nursing care averages 3.25 nurse hours per resident per day, which is rated below average.

    The Center doesn't use physical restraints on long-stay residents, works to prevent falls with major injuries, and tries to keep people as independent as possible by helping with dressing, bathing, and other needs as they come up, offering rehab services like physical, occupational, and speech therapies, plus a ward for wound care and programs aiming to prevent things like pressure ulcers and urinary tract infections. They assess and help with depression, and try to reduce use of antipsychotic medicines, all the while policies say residents need to be informed, especially for transfers or discharges, and they keep to measures about resident rights.

    You'll find regular events, like the annual Crab Feast every August, therapy dog visits, bingo, and weekly live entertainment, which gives folks something to look forward to, and meals are prepared on-site, usually one or two a day, and they have amenities such as laundry and housekeeping to take care of daily needs, though some areas, like rooms and equipment, may need updating. The building is ADA accessible, open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and their team includes compassionate people from reception to therapists who focus on residents' well-being, working to involve families in ongoing care plans and decisions. While the community offers a range of services in independent living, assisted living, nursing care, and senior apartments, and has experienced troubled times in the past but some improvement after 2013, the focus stays on providing different supports to keep residents as safe, healthy, and independent as can be.

    People often ask...

    Anchorage Healthcare Center offers skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 105 Times Sq, Salisbury, MD 21801.

    No, Anchorage Healthcare Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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