Kennebec County, Maine
County inventory for Kennebec 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. Nursing-home inventory signature
7 nursing homes put Kennebec County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 688 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Maine cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet ME-KENNEBEC-MAINE · Kennebec, ME
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 688 beds
- STAR-MID 3.1★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-HIGH #448/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Santa Cruz
- AL-HIGH $8,205/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 1/1 HH
Photo-finish peer: Santa Cruz County, CA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (high) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.
What a dense nursing-home book shows for Kennebec County
Kennebec County, Maine sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 7 nursing homes and 688 licensed beds. Across 7 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 3.1/5 (4 at 4★+, 3 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.
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 Kennebec providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Kennebec County break as 2 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 2 at 4★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (43% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Maine Veterans Home - Augusta, Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge, Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC. 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 Kennebec, 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 4★
- 4 4★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Kennebec County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Veterans Home - Augusta | Augusta | 5/5 | 108 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge | Augusta | 5/5 | 125 | Non profit - Other |
| Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC | Augusta | 4/5 | 72 | For profit - Corporation |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Gray Birch | Augusta | 4/5 | 77 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Lakewood A Continuing Care Center | Waterville | 2/5 | 105 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Oak Grove Center | Waterville | 1/5 | 90 | For profit - Corporation |
| Waterville Center for Health and Rehab | Waterville | 1/5 | 111 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Kennebec County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mainegeneral Community Care | Waterville | 2.5 |
Read next for a dense Kennebec inventory
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Kennebec 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 Kennebec County.