Overview
Cedars Nursing Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Maine average of 3.1. It ranks 3rd of 4 nursing homes in Portland. It scores 4 of 5 on health inspections, quality of care and staffing alike.
Residents receive about 4.5 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 63% of nursing homes in Maine (the state average is 4.4 hours). Of that, 1.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on June 25, 2025, found 8 health deficiencies, fewer than the Maine average of 10.6. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 36% of Maine nursing homes have been fined.
Cedars Nursing Care Center is a nonprofit facility with 102 certified beds, caring for about 77 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1967.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 75%
Top 26%
Top 29%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- June 25, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.46 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.45 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.27 hrs
- Nurse aides2.74 hrs
- Physical therapists0.24 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 102
- Average residents per day
- 77
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1967
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes