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Washburn County, Wisconsin

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County inventory for Washburn County, Wisconsin 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 Washburn County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Wisconsin medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet WI-WASHBURN-WISCONSIN · Washburn, WI

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 125 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 3 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,964/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,540/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 3/3 HH

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 Washburn County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Washburn County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 125 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.5/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Wisconsin medians run assisted living $6,540/mo, semi-private nursing $10,646/mo, private nursing $12,319/mo, home health aide $6,912/mo, adult day $1,517/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 2★, 1 at 3★). 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.

$6,540
Assisted Living / mo
$10,646
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,912
Home Care / mo
2.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Washburn County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Shell Lake Health Care Center Shell Lake 3/5 50 For profit - Limited Liability company
Dove Healthcare - Spooner Spooner 2/5 75 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Washburn County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Hearts of Gold Shell Lake 4.0
Spooner Health System Homecare Spooner 2.5
Indianhead Medical Ctr HHA Shell Lake 1.5

Read next for home-health-dense Washburn

Read CMS stars with Washburn County's 2.5 average
Thin-book context for Washburn: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 2 Washburn County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Washburn AL medians run high
Home-health-dense path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Washburn County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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