CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Nebraska

Jefferson County, Nebraska

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County inventory for Jefferson County, Nebraska 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Jefferson County average 3.5 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes - 139 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians.

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County care plate

Sheet NE-JEFFERSON-NEBRASKA · Jefferson, NE

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 139 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,652/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,350/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Jefferson County

CMS star quality is the standout for Jefferson County: rated homes average 3.5/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes and 139 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians run assisted living $6,350/mo, semi-private nursing $8,377/mo, private nursing $9,216/mo, home health aide $6,864/mo, adult day $3,521/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 2★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,350
Assisted Living / mo
$8,377
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,864
Home Care / mo
3.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Jefferson County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside Fairbury 5/5 39 Non profit - Corporation
Heritage Care Center Fairbury 2/5 100 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Jefferson County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Jefferson Community Health & Life Home Health Fairbury N/A

Read next for stronger-star Jefferson

Decode Five-Star for Jefferson County homes
Thin-book context for Jefferson: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 2 Jefferson County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Jefferson AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Jefferson County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Nebraska elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Nebraska 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 Jefferson County.