Aroostook County, Maine
County inventory for Aroostook County, Maine is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Aroostook County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Maine medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet ME-AROOSTOOK-MAINE · Aroostook, ME
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 400 beds
- STAR-MID 3.4★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #416/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Johnson
- AL-HIGH $8,205/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Johnson County, IA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Aroostook County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Aroostook County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 400 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.4/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Maine medians: assisted living $8,205/mo, semi-private nursing $13,976/mo, private nursing $14,904/mo, home health aide $8,485/mo, adult day $2,492/mo. Local Aroostook providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Aroostook County break as 2 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 4 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (57% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Aroostook Health Center, Borderview Rehab & Living Ctr, Madigan Estates. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Aroostook, ME
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 5★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Aroostook County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook Health Center | Mars Hill | 5/5 | 66 | For profit - Corporation |
| Borderview Rehab & Living Ctr | Van Buren | 5/5 | 27 | For profit - Corporation |
| Madigan Estates | Houlton | 5/5 | 99 | For profit - Corporation |
| Maine Veterans Home - Caribou | Caribou | 5/5 | 40 | Non profit - Other |
| Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center | Caribou | 2/5 | 72 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Forest Hill Manor | Fort Kent | 1/5 | 45 | Non profit - Corporation |
| High View Rehabilitation and Living Center | Madawaska | 1/5 | 51 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Aroostook County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Madigan Home Health Care, Inc. | Houlton | 4.0 |
| Valley Home Health Services | Caribou | 3.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Aroostook
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Aroostook County, ME, both outside ME so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Maine overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Continue on the Maine elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Maine state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Aroostook County.