Penobscot County, Maine
County inventory for Penobscot 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. Home-health agency signature
3 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Penobscot County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 11 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Maine medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet ME-PENOBSCOT-MAINE · Penobscot, ME
NH-MID · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 11 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 792 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.9★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #267/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Richmond
- AL-HIGH $8,205/mo
- BOOK-FULL 11/11 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Richmond County, GA (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 Penobscot County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Penobscot County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 11 nursing homes and 792 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.9/5 on rated homes.
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 Penobscot providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Penobscot County break as 4 at 2★, 5 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (45% of 11 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Westgate Center for Rehab & Alzheimers Care, Ross Manor. 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 Penobscot, 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 4★
- 3 3★
- 4 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Penobscot County
11 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate Center for Rehab & Alzheimers Care | Bangor | 5/5 | 65 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Ross Manor | Bangor | 4/5 | 103 | For profit - Corporation |
| Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC | Brewer | 3/5 | 111 | For profit - Partnership |
| Cummings Health Care Facility | Howland | 3/5 | 34 | For profit - Corporation |
| Eastside Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC | Bangor | 3/5 | 67 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Katahdin Health Care LLC | Millinocket | 3/5 | 36 | For profit - Corporation |
| Stillwater Health Care | Bangor | 3/5 | 63 | For profit - Partnership |
| Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | Bangor | 2/5 | 60 | Non profit - Church related |
| Dexter Health Care | Dexter | 2/5 | 53 | For profit - Corporation |
| Maine Veterans Home - Bangor | Bangor | 2/5 | 120 | Non profit - Other |
| Orono Commons | Orono | 2/5 | 80 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Penobscot County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Centerwell Home Health | Bangor | 4.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health | Bangor | 4.0 |
| St Joseph Homecare | Bangor | 3.0 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Penobscot 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 (11 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 Penobscot County.