Nursing Homes in Penobscot County, ME
Licensed nursing homes providers across Penobscot County, the cities they are in, and where to get free local help.
Licensed nursing homes providers: 11
Eastside Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC
Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC
Stillwater Health Care
Katahdin Health Care LLC
Dexter Health Care
Ross Manor
Maine Veterans Home - Bangor
- Veterans option
Cummings Health Care Facility
Orono Commons
Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Cities in Penobscot County
- Bangor · 6
What federal inspectors recorded here
Penobscot County, ME has 11 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.
- Facilities with a federal penalty
73%8 of 11 (73%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
9%1 of 11 (9%)
A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.
- Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined
$10,774in fines · 8 facilities
The middle facility's total across every civil money penalty CMS recorded for it in this window, not the amount of a single fine.
- Median nurse staffing hours per resident day
4.29hours · 11 facilities
0.01 hours below the Maine median of 4.30 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
82%9 of 11 (82%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated May 27, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.
Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.
Local aging & Medicaid contacts
Long-term care ombudsman
Free help with complaints about care and residents' rights in nursing homes and assisted living.
Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Source: State LTC OmbudsmanArea Agency on Aging
Eastern Agency on Aging · (207) 941-2865
Source: State aging agencyAging & Disability Resource Center
Maine’s Aging & Disability Resource Centers · 1-877-353-3771
Source: Aging & disability resource centerMedicare counseling (SHIP)
Maine State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Source: Medicare counseling (SHIP)Maine Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
State-level Medicaid waiver contacts (not invented county Medicaid offices). Official agency pages only.
- Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Waiver. MaineCare 1915(c) Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Waiver (CMS factsheet).
Questions families ask
Which cities in Penobscot County have nursing homes listings?
Penobscot County has nursing homes in 1 city, each listed on this page with its own provider list.
Who do I call about a complaint at a nursing home in Penobscot County?
Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is the long-term care ombudsman program serving Penobscot County. It takes complaints about care, safety and residents' rights. Its website is in the contacts section of this page.
Who is the Area Agency on Aging for Penobscot County?
Eastern Agency on Aging is the Area Agency on Aging covering Penobscot County. Contact details on this page come from official aging-network sources.
How do families in Penobscot County learn about Medicaid long-term care options?
Maine runs named Medicaid programs that pay for care at home and in assisted living. This page links to the official state pages for each.
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