CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Maine

Lincoln County, Maine

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County inventory for Lincoln 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 Lincoln County average 3.5 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes - 118 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Maine medians.

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Sheet ME-LINCOLN-MAINE · Lincoln, ME

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 118 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.5★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,691/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-HIGH $8,205/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (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 Lincoln County

CMS star quality is the standout for Lincoln County: rated homes average 3.5/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes and 118 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 skew stronger here (1 at 2★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Cove'S Edge Inc. 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.

$8,205
Assisted Living / mo
$13,976
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,485
Home Care / mo
3.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Lincoln County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Cove'S Edge Inc Damariscotta 5/5 76 Non profit - Corporation
Gregory Wing of St Andrews Village Boothbay Harbor 2/5 42 Non profit - Corporation

Read next for stronger-star Lincoln

Decode Five-Star for Lincoln County homes
Thin-book context for Lincoln: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 2 Lincoln County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.