Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
St Andre Health Care Facility
407 Pool St, Biddeford, ME 04005 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Covenant Health (11 facilities) · 96 certified beds
St Andre Health Care Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Biddeford, Maine. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, below the Maine average of 4.35. Its most recent inspection on Jun 13, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How St Andre Health Care Facility 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) | 4.17 | 4.35 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.21 | 1.03 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.67 | 2.86 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.5% | 49.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the June 13, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 25, 2025
What inspectors found at St Andre Health Care Facility
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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 13, 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 · Jun 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2022
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2022 - 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 · Jul 13, 2022 - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2022 - 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 · Jul 13, 2022 - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 13, 2022 - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2019
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
- 407 Pool St
Biddeford, ME 04005 - CMS certification #
- 205108
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 96
- Avg residents/day
- 79.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-01-01
- Chain
- Covenant Health (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Covenant Health
Covenant Health operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Covenant Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, secured outdoor area
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2017, 11 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What St Andre Health Care Facility says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Short-term respite care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour licensed nursing staff and certified nursing assistants
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Palliative & Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
Secure garden patio
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
In addition to individual private and semi-private rooms, there is an activity room with a piano and big-screen TV for impromptu gatherings, a computer so residents can stay in touch with loved ones online, and even a hair salon.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Apr 25, 2017: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 3, 2019. 11 violations cited (9 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $48,894 proposed, $29,334 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as St. Andre Health Care Facility.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now. To be fixed by Nov 17, 2017.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(2)(i)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 17, 2017.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)(ii)(a)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)(ii)(c)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)(v)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now. To be fixed by Dec 1, 2017.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(j)). Penalty $8,149 proposed, $4,889 now. To be fixed by Jan 3, 2018.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(k)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 3, 2018.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(n)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 3, 2018.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 17, 2017.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 17, 2017.
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
- Mainehealth Maine Medical Center, Portland. 14.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Seal Rock Healthcare, Saco. 1.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mainehealth Home Health And Hospice, Saco. 3.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 2.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 04005 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc York County Dialysis Center, Biddeford, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Freedom Center Fore River, Portland, 13.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Southern Maine Dialysis Facility, Portland, 13.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 04005.
Andwell Health Partners, office in Scarborough, 8.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Greater Maine, office in Scarborough, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Maine, LLC, office in South Portland, 10.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Maine Geriatrics, Biddeford. 3.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 relatively 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is St Andre Health Care Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives St Andre Health Care Facility an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is St Andre Health Care Facility staffed?
St Andre Health Care Facility reports 4.17 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Maine average of 4.35.
Has St Andre Health Care Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does St Andre Health Care Facility have?
St Andre Health Care Facility is certified for 96 beds.