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Maine Veterans Home - Caribou is a non profit - other nursing home in CARIBOU, ME with 40 certified beds.
Capacity
40 residents
Location
Caribou, ME
Status
Listed in a public registry
163 VAN BUREN RD SUITE 2, Caribou, Maine 04736
Maine Veterans Home - Caribou includes Maine Veterans Home - Caribou, a Medicare-certified nursing home at the same address. Everything below is Medicare's record for that nursing home. It does not rate Maine Veterans Home - Caribou's other levels of care, which the state licenses and inspects separately.
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on February 5, 2026, state inspectors cited 5 health deficiencies (the Maine average is 10.8).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 5 hours 8 minutes with each resident a day, above the Maine average of 4 hours 20 minutes.
Medicare fined Maine Veterans Home - Caribou once in the last three years, $42,320 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 5 hours 8 minutesAbove the Maine average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 1 hour 33 minutesAbove the Maine average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 29%Below the Maine average |
14 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
February 5, 2026 · Standard inspection · 5 citations
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
January 8, 2025 · Standard inspection · 5 citations
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
1 fine totaling $42,320 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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Yes. Maine Veterans Home - Caribou is a Medicare-certified nursing home on the same campus. Its Medicare record of inspections, staffing and fines is below. That record covers the nursing home only, not Maine Veterans Home - Caribou's other levels of care.
State inspectors visited on February 5, 2026 and cited 5 health deficiencies, 3 of them from complaint investigations. The Maine average is 10.8.
Nurses and aides spend 5 hours 8 minutes with each resident per day, including 1 hour 33 minutes from registered nurses. 29% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Maine Veterans Home - Caribou once in the last three years, totaling $42,320.
The national median is around $6,200 per month, though it ranges from roughly $4,500 to $11,800 depending on location, apartment size, and level of care.
Medicare does not cover the room-and-board cost of assisted living. Medicaid may help in many states through waivers, and VA benefits can offset costs for eligible veterans.
Assisted living is for people who need help with daily tasks but are largely independent. Nursing homes (skilled nursing) provide 24-hour medical and rehabilitative care.