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South Jefferson is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 117 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in South Jefferson, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in South Jefferson is about $6,415, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase. To learn more, browse our 239 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area.

 

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Nursing Homes Facilities near South Jefferson, ME

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Friendly, caring staff. Well run. Compassionate. Considerate. Spiritual depth needed (Services, hymn singing, Bible reading and preaching.)
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Hillhouse Assisted Living provides a calm, relaxing, country-like setting thanks to its nestled location within Bath, ME. The property is surrounded by surrounding greenery and majestic trees. Pathways encourage walking and daily breaths of fresh air. Residents often enjoy the scenic location...
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Photo of Woodlands Senior Living Of Hallowell
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Winship Green Nursing Center
Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
On behalf of our team of caregivers and support staff, thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the resident’s...
Photo of Homestead At Owls Head
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Merry Gardens Estates
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Broadway North
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Elm Street Assisted Living
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Elm Street Assisted Living is a private facility for women only in Topsham, Maine, next to Brunswick and about 25 miles from Portland. We are very small - 6 private rooms - and give completely personal care. Our home-cooked meals, our activities, the library books we bring home are all geared to...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Cost of nursing homes in South Jefferson, ME

The average cost of senior living in South Jefferson is $6,415 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Waterville, ME with an average of $5,389 per month.

Nursing homes costs in South Jefferson, ME, vs. nearby cities

South Jefferson, ME
$6,415/mo
$5,772/mo
$6,001/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Jefferson, ME, vs. state and national averages

South Jefferson, ME
$6,415/mo
$6,758/mo
U.S. national average
$4,946/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Jefferson, ME, vs. other senior living options

$6,463/mo
Nursing Homes
$6,415/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Jefferson, ME, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,033/mo
Studio
$7,594/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,823/mo
2 Bedroom
$7,534/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$4,400/mo

Senior living costs in South Jefferson vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: South Jefferson, ME
Column state: Maine
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSouth Jefferson, MEMaineU.S.
Nursing Homes$6,415/mo$6,758/mo$4,946/mo
Assisted Living$6,448/mo$6,744/mo$4,698/mo
Memory Care$6,463/mo$6,758/mo$4,946/mo
Independent Living$4,845/mo$5,724/mo$4,153/mo
Nursing Homes
South Jefferson, ME:$6,415/mo
Maine:$6,758/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
Assisted Living
South Jefferson, ME:$6,448/mo
Maine:$6,744/mo
U.S.:$4,698/mo
Memory Care
South Jefferson, ME:$6,463/mo
Maine:$6,758/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
Independent Living
South Jefferson, ME:$4,845/mo
Maine:$5,724/mo
U.S.:$4,153/mo
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Nursing homes costs in South Jefferson, ME, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in South Jefferson and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Nursing homes cost trends in South Jefferson, ME

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in South Jefferson have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
South Jefferson, ME$6,713/mo$5,925/mo+13.3%
Maine$6,754/mo$6,134/mo+10.1%
National$5,667/mo$5,383/mo+5.3%
South Jefferson, ME
2024 average cost:$6,713/mo
2023 average cost:$5,925/mo
Percent change:+13.3%
Maine
2024 average cost:$6,754/mo
2023 average cost:$6,134/mo
Percent change:+10.1%
National
2024 average cost:$5,667/mo
2023 average cost:$5,383/mo
Percent change:+5.3%
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What families are saying about nursing homes in South Jefferson

Recent reviews for nursing homes in South Jefferson

Sunnybrook in Brunswick, ME

4.7
Sunnybrook Village is very homey. The staff is really good at handling a difficult transition. They promote a welcoming group among the residents. They really helped mom integrate. The only thing that would help make everything a five is to have a better range of activities. I would like to see ...
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Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth, ME

4.6
This review is based not on a mere visit, but on my mother's stay of several months (on a skilled-care wing) late in her illness. The care here is excellent, and the staff is quirky (in the best possible way), caring, and loving. It means something, I think, that after my mother's passing ...
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Avita of Brunswick

5.0
This is a nice community for good care. The menu is appealing and a lot really the good fine food that we have had her. We like the staff is caring and the community has a good feeling. The staff really care and know each person by name. This has a good home environment for the residents. We ...
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South Jefferson nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in South Jefferson nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in South Jefferson, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in South Jefferson nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in South Jefferson that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
South Jefferson, MENational
Full medication management
Full medication management
25.6%
2.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
16.7%
9.8%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
78.2%
23.5%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
88.5%
23.9%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
26.9%
10%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
7.7%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
80.8%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
21.8%
7%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
28.2%
17.5%
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Availability of select dementia care services in South Jefferson nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of South Jefferson Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
South Jefferson, MENational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
24.4%
4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
11.5%
0.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
17.9%
5.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
2.6%
1.3%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in South Jefferson nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of South Jefferson partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
South Jefferson, MENational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
9%
0.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
12.8%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
12.8%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
14.1%
3.6%
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Availability of select dining options in South Jefferson nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of South Jefferson communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
South Jefferson, MENational
Professional chef
Professional chef
12.8%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
15.4%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
11.5%
0.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
7.7%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in South Jefferson nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in South Jefferson offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
South Jefferson, MENational
Activity director
Activity director
20.5%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
9%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
10.3%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
11.5%
6.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
17.9%
0.4%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
23.1%
6.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
15.4%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
10.3%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
11.5%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
16.7%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
16.7%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
7.7%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
12.8%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
17.9%
0.4%
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