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Montello Manor

540 College St, Lewiston, ME 04240 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 37 certified beds

Medicare and Medicaid certified
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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 out of 5Overall CMS rating
1 out of 5Health inspections
3 out of 5Staffing
37 bedsCertified beds
  • 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.

Overall rating1/5
Health inspections1/5
Staffing3/5
Quality measures2/5
Long-stay quality2/5
Short-stay qualityNo data

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.

MetricThis facilityMaine avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)4.224.353.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.731.030.68below avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.912.862.34above avg
Nursing staff turnover60.0%49.3%46.4%above avg
Deficiencies cited, last inspection18.011.39.5above avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

4.22Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.73RN hrs/resident/day
0.59LPN hrs/resident/day
2.91Aide hrs/resident/day
3.50Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff60.0%
Registered nurses80.0%
Administrator changes1 in last year

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

Feb 20, 2025Most recent inspection
18Deficiencies found
116Health inspection score
1Fines

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)
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  • 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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026See above
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026See above
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteNo 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.