Overview
Sterling Care Riverside has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Maryland average of 3.2. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Belcamp. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 66% of nursing homes in Maryland (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 25, 2025, found 20 health deficiencies, more than the Maryland average of 16.9. 9 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $4,194 in the past three years.
Sterling Care Riverside is a for-profit facility with 129 certified beds, caring for about 113 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1992.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 54%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 25, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 20
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 9
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $4,194
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.54 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.63 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.95 hrs
- Nurse aides1.95 hrs
- Physical therapists0.11 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 129
- Average residents per day
- 113
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 1, 1992
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes