Sligo Creek Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1999-12-09. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (301) 270-4200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sligo Creek Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.0/100, placing it #5937 of 14703 facilities nationally and #99 of 221 in Maryland. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Sligo Creek Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 2 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 52.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,740. 6 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,740, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 126.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sligo Creek Healthcare ranks 5937th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 99th out of 221 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,420 nationally and RN hours rank #7,473 nationally (#172 in MD). Our composite quality score of 75.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Takoma Park, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/takoma-park/