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10 Best Nursing Homes in Mount Rainier, MD

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Mount Rainier 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 74 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Mount Rainier, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Mount Rainier is about $7,117, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase. To learn more, browse our 823 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area.

 

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Nursing Homes Facilities near Mount Rainier, MD

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8.0
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8.0
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What we like the most about Grand Oaks is the friendliness of staff, Multilingual staff providing care, Options for tailored care, Proximity to hospital and option for Concierge medical care. Yes we would...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
Grand Oaks is located on the campus of Sibley Memorial Hospital. It is close to Georgetown, Bethesda and just minutes from the Potomac River and the Virginia Suburbs. Our residents feel inspired in their spacious, light filled apartments, dine in elegance with delicious meals and remain active...
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8.0
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8.0
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I visited my sister over the weekend for her birthday in memory care.. They had a celebration party, music, food and decorations. The staff is the friendliest and most attentive to all residents. The...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
Modena Reserve Bethesda raises the bar for Assisted Living and Memory Care in the upscale urban suburb of Bethesda, Maryland. Expect an experience like no other, with unrivaled service and care of the highest quality. Best-in-class dining, gorgeous amenities, and convenient proximity to...
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Forest Hills of DC is the Little Engine that Could. It is lovely because it is small and intimate and everyone knows each other. The staff works very hard to keep things running well and to make sure there...
Provides: Assisted 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.
Inclusive Senior Living... Essential care and support for life Formerly known as the Methodist Home of DC, Forest Hills holds a tradition of excellence for over 125 years. Throughout our history, our focus has always been on people -- our residents and our staff who, together, make our community...
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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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The staff at Sterling Care Hillhaven are very caring and helpful. The facility is clean. I would recommend this facility to those looking.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
At Sterling Care Hillhaven, our team has one core belief: that everyone deserves a great life. We spend every minute of every day ensuring that each person who walks through our doors truly can enjoy a great life.We invite you to learn more about what makes Sterling Care Hillhaven the area's most...
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88 Floor plans available
7.0
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I can only speak for building one on the fourth floor. But here the staff is excellent. The aids are very very helpful and the nurses are really wonderful! I have no real complaints, but I do think the...
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.
With more than a century ofservice and sophistication, Ingleside at Rock Creek is the preferred address for Washington, D.C. retirement.There’s no setting quite like ours: 14 acres of wooded paths and flourishing gardens, bordering Rock Creek Park. In an elite Northwest Washington, D.C....
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My mother has dementia and requires a lot of attention, but she is still very functional. We have moved her there a few months ago and we are extremely please with the entire environment. The staff is...
Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Provides: Assisted 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.
Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Photo of Crescent Cities Center
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.
At Crescent Cities Center, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and...
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.
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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.
At Gladys Spellman Specialty Hospital, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for...
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.
Deanwood Rehab & Wellness Center is a 296 bed facility that prides it's self on providing quality,compassionate care in a secure setting. Our goal is to help our residents improve their functional ability and independence.Our staff of medical specialists,nurse,social workers, and...
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Photo of NCBA Estates
Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Photo of William Community Residential
Provides: Assisted 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.
Provides: Assisted 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.
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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.
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.
At Woodside Center, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and residents....
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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.
Set along the Potomac River and minutes from Georgetown, The Fitzgerald of Palisades offers a best-of-both-worlds lifestyle that’s easily accessible to Palisades’ charming main street corridor and all that Washington D.C. has to offer. Come tour with us today!
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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: 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.

Cost of nursing homes in Mount Rainier, MD

The average cost of senior living in Mount Rainier is $7,117 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include New Carrollton, MD with an average of $6,897 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier, MD, vs. nearby cities

Mount Rainier, MD
$7,123/mo
$7,083/mo

Nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier, MD, vs. state and national averages

Mount Rainier, MD
$7,123/mo
U.S. national average
$4,946/mo

Nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier, MD, vs. other senior living options

$7,178/mo
Nursing Homes
$7,123/mo

Nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier, MD, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,414/mo
Studio
$7,635/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,300/mo
2 Bedroom
$10,082/mo

Senior living costs in Mount Rainier 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: Mount Rainier, MD
Column state: Maryland
Column national: U.S.
Community typeMount Rainier, MDMarylandU.S.
Nursing Homes$7,123/mo$6,226/mo$4,946/mo
Assisted Living$5,963/mo$5,322/mo$4,698/mo
Memory Care$7,178/mo$6,226/mo$4,946/mo
Independent Living$5,032/mo$3,924/mo$4,153/mo
Nursing Homes
Mount Rainier, MD:$7,123/mo
Maryland:$6,226/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
Assisted Living
Mount Rainier, MD:$5,963/mo
Maryland:$5,322/mo
U.S.:$4,698/mo
Memory Care
Mount Rainier, MD:$7,178/mo
Maryland:$6,226/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
Independent Living
Mount Rainier, MD:$5,032/mo
Maryland:$3,924/mo
U.S.:$4,153/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier, MD, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier, MD

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Mount Rainier 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
Mount Rainier, MD$8,038/mo$7,922/mo+1.5%
Maryland$6,604/mo$6,486/mo+1.8%
National$5,667/mo$5,383/mo+5.3%
Mount Rainier, MD
2024 average cost:$8,038/mo
2023 average cost:$7,922/mo
Percent change:+1.5%
Maryland
2024 average cost:$6,604/mo
2023 average cost:$6,486/mo
Percent change:+1.8%
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 Mount Rainier

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Mount Rainier

Forest Hills of DC in Washington, DC

4.6
My sister has lived at Forest Hills in the Health Care Center for a while. Before the pandemic, they had wonderful activities as well as great nursing care. In the pandemic they have done an incredible job to keep everyone safe, to figure out ways to have safe activities and/or virtual or safe ...
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Ingleside at Rock Creek, a CCRC in Washington, DC

4.4
One of the things a appreciate most at Ingleside is the cosmopolitan atmosphere: The majority of residents has lived overseas for an extended period of time, and usually in various countries all over the globe. Residents are well informed and take a keen interest in both domestic and ...
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Cogir of Old Town, Alexandria

5.0
We really like the friendliness of the staff members and the activities there. They take the residents out to lunch, gardening, bringing in programs from a working dog to musical performances.

Mount Rainier nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Mount Rainier nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Mount Rainier, 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 Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Mount Rainier, MDNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
55.8%
2.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
53.8%
9.8%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
88.5%
23.5%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
86.5%
23.9%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
59.6%
10%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
32.7%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
86.5%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
53.8%
7%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
59.6%
17.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Mount Rainier, MDNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
59.6%
4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
38.5%
0.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
46.2%
5.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
23.1%
1.3%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Mount Rainier, MDNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
38.5%
0.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
48.1%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
48.1%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
48.1%
3.6%
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Availability of select dining options in Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Mount Rainier, MDNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
44.2%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
48.1%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
42.3%
0.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
26.9%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Mount Rainier, MDNational
Activity director
Activity director
50%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
38.5%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
38.5%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
53.8%
6.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
51.9%
0.4%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
51.9%
6.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
44.2%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
46.2%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
48.1%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
51.9%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
34.6%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
30.8%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
50%
0.4%
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