Best Nursing Homes in Maine — 2026 Rankings
Maine has 78 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. The state averages 28.6 deficiencies per facility, with 0 facilities receiving zero citations in their latest CMS survey cycle. Rankings below are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Top-Ranked Facilities (Fewest Deficiencies)
- Maine Veterans Home - So Paris — South Paris (8 deficiencies)
- Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge — Augusta (8 deficiencies)
- Maine Veterans Home - Scarborough — Scarborough (9 deficiencies)
- Norway Center For Health & Rehabilitation, LLC — Norway (10 deficiencies)
- Durgin Pines — Kittery (11 deficiencies)
- St Andre Health Care Facility — Biddeford (11 deficiencies)
- Cove's Edge Inc — Damariscotta (12 deficiencies)
- Maine Veterans Home - Augusta — Augusta (12 deficiencies)
- Pinnacle Health & Rehab At Sanford — Sanford (12 deficiencies)
- Borderview Rehab & Living Ctr — Van Buren (14 deficiencies)
- Mid Coast Senior Health Center — Brunswick (14 deficiencies)
- Gorham House — Gorham (16 deficiencies)
- Pinnacle Health & Rehab At N Berwick — North Berwick (16 deficiencies)
- Sanfield Rehab & Living Center — Hartland (16 deficiencies)
- Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care — Bangor (16 deficiencies)
- Aroostook Health Center — Mars Hill (17 deficiencies)
- Maine Veterans Home - Caribou — Caribou (17 deficiencies)
- Odd Fellows Health Care Center — Auburn (17 deficiencies)
- Summer Commons — Sanford (18 deficiencies)
- Barron Center — Portland (19 deficiencies)
- Horizons Living And Rehab Center — Brunswick (20 deficiencies)
- Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Gray Birch — Augusta (20 deficiencies)
- Piper Shores — Scarborough (21 deficiencies)
- Brentwood Center For Health & Rehabilitation, LLC — Yarmouth (22 deficiencies)
- Seaside Nursing And Retirement Home — Portland (22 deficiencies)
Most-Cited Compliance Areas in Maine
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 448 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 434 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 421 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 207 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 205 citations