Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-05-01. 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) 623-8805 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.6/100, placing it #8464 of 14703 facilities nationally and #44 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 Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 12 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 4 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.1%. 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. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 25.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare ranks 8464th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NH, it ranks 44th out of 74 nursing homes. In Bedford, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,945 nationally and RN hours rank #1,620 nationally (#7 in NH). Our composite quality score of 69.6/100 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 Bedford, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_hampshire/bedford/