Merced County, California
County inventory for Merced County, California 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 Merced County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 10 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 California medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet CA-MERCED-CALIFORNIA · Merced, CA
NH-MID · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 10 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 781 beds
- STAR-MID 3.2★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #295/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Wyandotte
- AL-MID $7,000/mo
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Wyandotte County, KS (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 Merced County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Merced County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 10 nursing homes and 781 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.2/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 California medians: assisted living $7,000/mo, semi-private nursing $12,167/mo, private nursing $15,178/mo, home health aide $7,627/mo, adult day $2,037/mo. Local Merced providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Merced County break as 1 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 3 at 4★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (40% of 10 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Merced Behavioral Center, Franciscan Post-Acute Care Center. 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 Merced, CA
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 4★
Nursing Homes in Merced County
10 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Atwater | 5/5 | 99 | For profit - Corporation |
| Merced Behavioral Center | Merced | 5/5 | 96 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Franciscan Post-Acute Care Center | Merced | 4/5 | 71 | For profit - Corporation |
| Grace Home Inc. | Livingston | 4/5 | 33 | Non profit - Church related |
| Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr | Merced | 4/5 | 79 | For profit - Corporation |
| La Sierra Care Center | Merced | 3/5 | 68 | For profit - Corporation |
| Anberry Transitional Care | Merced | 2/5 | 120 | For profit - Partnership |
| Golden Merced Care Center | Merced | 2/5 | 121 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| New Bethany Skilled Nursing | Los Banos | 2/5 | 35 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Los Banos Post Acute | Los Banos | 1/5 | 59 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Merced County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy Home Care | Merced | 4.5 |
| Altruity Home Health and Hospice | Atwater | 2.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Merced
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Merced County, CA, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the California overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (10 here).
Continue on the California elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are California 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 Merced County.