Nursing homes in Penobscot County, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine has 11 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 794 certified beds in total. Their average CMS overall rating is 3.3 of 5 (the Maine average is 3.1), and 5 homes have 4 or 5 stars. The median home reports 4.11 nurse staffing hours per resident per day. CMS lists fines in the past three years for 8 of the 11.
- Nursing homes
- 11
- Certified beds
- 794
- Average overall rating
- 3.3
- Certified beds in use
- 92.1%
All 11 homes
- 5 of 5 Katahdin Health Care LLC 36beds 98.6%in use 4.04nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Ross Manor 103beds 93.2%in use 4.34nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Westgate Center for Rehab & Alzheimers Care 65beds 97.1%in use 4.17nurse hours a day
- 4 of 5 Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC 111beds 92.3%in use 4.75nurse hours a day
- 4 of 5 Stillwater Health Care 63beds 92.9%in use 4.11nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 Cummings Health Care Facility 34beds 91.2%in use 4.10nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 Maine Veterans Home - Bangor 120beds 90.7%in use 5.13nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Dexter Health Care 53beds 82.6%in use 3.98nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Eastside Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC 69beds 93.8%in use 4.23nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Orono Commons 80beds 92.6%in use 3.54nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 60beds 87.7%in use 3.95nurse hours a day
The circle and stars show the CMS overall rating from 1 to 5. Sorting is a convenience, not a recommendation; ratings do not include price or openings. Medicaid participation comes from CMS; ask each home whether a Medicaid bed is open.
Common questions
How many nursing homes are in Penobscot County, Maine?
CMS lists 11 certified nursing homes in Penobscot County, with 794 certified beds in total.
Which nursing homes in Penobscot County have a 5-star overall rating?
3 homes have a 5-star overall rating from CMS: Katahdin Health Care LLC, Ross Manor, Westgate Center for Rehab & Alzheimers Care.
How full are nursing homes in Penobscot County?
On an average day about 92.1% of certified beds are in use across homes in Penobscot County. This is an average, so ask each home about current openings.
Where does this data come from?
All figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog. CMS does not publish prices, so costs are not shown.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home datasets processed Aug 1, 2026. All counties in Maine