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Dexter Health Care

An independent review of Dexter Health Care's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

64 Park Street · Dexter, ME 04930 · 53 beds
Phone: 2079245516
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs an abuse finding on record; high RN turnover (70%). How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★★★
4 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★
2 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Flagged for a serious abuse-related finding by inspectors.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • High registered-nurse turnover (70%), care continuity may suffer.

How it compares vs. 78 ME nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 17% of ME homes
Staffing rating
4of 5 stars
Better than 18% of ME homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 17% of ME homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
3.97584hrs
Better than 22% of ME homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.6695hrs
Better than 10% of ME homes
RN turnover
70%
Better than 3% of ME homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Maine, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator Flagged, abuse finding
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

1
Fines
$10,033
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.66950
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
3.97584
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.91961
Weekend nursing hours / day
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Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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