The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: H
Nursing home report
Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center
CARIBOU, ME · Medicare-certified · 72 beds
In good standing
For-profit
Data as of July 1, 2026
3 of 5 overall
Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center has a 3 out of 5 overall rating, with 3-star health inspection and staffing scores and 4 stars for quality measures. It reports 4.67 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, with no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.668 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: November 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.668.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.67
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.52
- Nurse aides
- 3.48
- Weekend nursing
- 3.98
Hours per resident per day.
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
7.1%16.3%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
5.2%5.5%No change
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6%3.9%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.7%3.6%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
5.4%1.8%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
14.3%20%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
30.5%24.4%Improving
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
19.6%12.7%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%0%No change
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%0%No change
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
27.3%28%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
4%0%Improving
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—100%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%98.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—97.1%—
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
78.3%55.8%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited June 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited April 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Occupancy
- 63.6 residents on an average day (88% of 72 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 33 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.