Merrimack County Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-04-01. 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 (603) 796-2165 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Merrimack County Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.0/100, placing it #1673 of 14703 facilities nationally and #6 of 74 in New Hampshire. 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 Merrimack County Nursing Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 12 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 38.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,646. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,646, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 15.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Merrimack County Nursing Home ranks 1673rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NH, it ranks 6th out of 74 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,638 nationally and RN hours rank #6,114 nationally (#45 in NH). Our composite quality score of 85.0/100 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 Boscawen, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_hampshire/boscawen/