Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (207) 942-7336 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 88.2/100, placing it #816 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 of 78 in Maine. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 20 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 20 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 0 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 29.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 34.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Westgate Center For Rehab & Alzheimers Care ranks 816th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.2/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within ME, it ranks 2nd out of 78 nursing homes. In Bangor, it ranks 1st out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,999 nationally and RN hours rank #798 nationally (#12 in ME). Our composite quality score of 88.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Bangor, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maine/bangor/