Nursing Homes in Maine: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Maine has 78 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 49 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.83 hours per resident per day, 22% above the US average of 2.32, and 46.7% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Maine averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Bangor (6), Augusta (4), Lewiston (4). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Auburn (2)
- Augusta (4)
- Bangor (6)
- Bath (1)
- Belfast (1)
- Biddeford (2)
- Boothbay Harbor (1)
- Brewer (1)
- Brunswick (2)
- Camden (1)
- Canton (1)
- Caribou (2)
- Damariscotta (1)
- Dexter (1)
- Dover Foxcroft (1)
- Eastport (1)
- Falmouth (1)
- Farmington (3)
- Fort Kent (1)
- Freeport (1)
- Gorham (1)
- Hartland (1)
- Houlton (1)
- Howland (1)
- Kennebunk (2)
- Kittery (1)
- Lewiston (4)
- Machias (1)
- Madawaska (1)
- Madison (1)
- Mars Hill (1)
- Millinocket (1)
- North Berwick (1)
- Norway (1)
- Orono (1)
- Portland (4)
- Rockland (1)
- Rumford (1)
- Saco (1)
- Sanford (2)
- Scarborough (3)
- Skowhegan (2)
- So Portland (1)
- South Paris (2)
- Van Buren (1)
- Waterville (3)
- Westbrook (1)
- Windham (1)
- Yarmouth (2)
Largest nursing home chains in Maine
CMS links 47 of Maine's homes to these 7 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in ME | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis Healthcare | 11 | 184 |
| First Atlantic Healthcare | 10 | 10 |
| North Country Associates | 9 | 9 |
| National Health Care Associates | 8 | 42 |
| Maine Veterans' Home | 5 | 5 |
| Covenant Health | 2 | 8 |
| Senior Lifestyle | 2 | 4 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release