CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Maine

Knox County, Maine

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County inventory for Knox 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Knox County average 1.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes - 169 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Maine medians.

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County care plate

Sheet ME-KNOX-MAINE · Knox, ME

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 169 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,667/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-HIGH $8,205/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 HH

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

What weaker CMS stars show for Knox County

CMS star quality runs softer in Knox County: rated homes average 1.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes and 169 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Maine medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (100% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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

$8,205
Assisted Living / mo
$13,976
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,485
Home Care / mo
1.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Knox County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Breakwater Commons Rockland 1/5 96 For profit - Limited Liability company
Windward Gardens Camden N/A 73 For profit - Limited Liability company

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Knox County's 1.0 average
Thin-book context for Knox: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 2 Knox County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Knox AL medians run high
Sparse home-health path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Knox County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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 Knox County.