Nursing home
Montello Manor
540 College St, Lewiston, ME 04240 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 37 certified beds
Montello Manor is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lewiston, Maine. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.22 hours per resident per day, below the Maine average of 4.35. Its most recent inspection on Feb 20, 2025 cited 18 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $14,518In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Montello Manor compares
This facility vs. the Maine and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Maine avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.22 | 4.35 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.73 | 1.03 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.91 | 2.86 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 60.0% | 49.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 18.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $14,518, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Montello Manor
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 540 College St
Lewiston, ME 04240 - CMS certification #
- 205006
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 37
- Avg residents/day
- 34.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1971-07-16
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2024, 8 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending May 23, 2006.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 30, 2024: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 3, 2025. 8 violations cited (2 serious, 6 other). Penalties: $19,520 proposed, $9,761 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Rousseau Enterprises LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $6,857 proposed, $3,429 now.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)). Penalty $11,292 proposed, $5,646 now.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(3)). Penalty $1,371 proposed, $686 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2024.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(6)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 26, 2024.
- Other than serious: Annual summary of injuries and illnesses (1904.32(b)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2024.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(5)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2024.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Mary'S Regional Medical Center, Lewiston. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, Lewiston. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Andwell Health Partners, Lewiston. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 04240 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Lewiston Auburn Kidney Center, Lewiston, 0.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Greater Lewiston, Lewiston, 2.6 miles away, straight line
Fmc Androscoggin Kidney Center, Auburn, 4.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 04240.
Andwell Health Partners, office in Lewiston, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, office in Auburn, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Constellation Hospice, Constellation Health Services, office in Augusta, 23.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- St Marys Regional Medical Center, Lewiston. 1.3 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Montello Manor a good nursing home?
CMS gives Montello Manor an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Montello Manor staffed?
Montello Manor reports 4.22 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Maine average of 4.35.
Has Montello Manor had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 18 deficiencies.
How many beds does Montello Manor have?
Montello Manor is certified for 37 beds.