CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Minnesota

Pennington County, Minnesota

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County inventory for Pennington County, Minnesota 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 Pennington County average 1.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes - 105 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians.

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Sheet MN-PENNINGTON-MINNESOTA · Pennington, MN

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 105 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,806/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,573/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 1/1 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 Pennington County

CMS star quality runs softer in Pennington County: rated homes average 1.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes and 105 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians run assisted living $6,573/mo, semi-private nursing $10,646/mo, private nursing $13,870/mo, home health aide $8,389/mo, adult day $2,600/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★). Ownership leans For profit - Individual (50% 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.

$6,573
Assisted Living / mo
$10,646
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,389
Home Care / mo
1.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Pennington County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Oakland Park Nursing Home Thief River Falls 1/5 35 For profit - Individual
Thief River Care Center Thief River Falls 1/5 70 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Pennington County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Pennington & Red Lake County Public Health & Home Care Thief River Falls 2.5

Read next when stars run softer

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

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