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Windward Gardens
⌖ Camden, ME · Knox County
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Medicare overall ratingNot yet rated
Certified beds73
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)
About Windward Gardens
Windward Gardens is a 73-bed for-profit nursing home in Camden, ME. Medicare has not given it an overall star rating yet. It is a Medicare Special Focus Facility, a short list of homes with a history of serious problems that are inspected more often. At its last full inspection (May 2026), inspectors found 11 problems, close to the Maine average of 10.8. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 58 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Maine average of 4 hr 20 min. About 76% of its nursing staff left in the past year. It has had no federal fines in the last three years.
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Key details
Facility nameWindward Gardens
LocationKnox County, Maine
Phone(207) 236-4197
Address105 Mechanic Street, Camden, ME 04843 · Knox County
CMS provider number205180
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Operating companyGenesis Healthcare · 184 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceApril 23, 1994 (32 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
2 strengths and 2 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 4 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Jan 2026.Strength
- Fines and penaltiesNoneNo federal fines or payment denials in the last three years.Strength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection11 (May 2026)Maine average: 10.8. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
- Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 58 min a dayMaine average: 4 hr 20 minAbout average
- Registered nurse time per resident1 hr 08 min a dayMaine average: 1 hr 03 minAbout average
Things to ask about
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- Special Focus FacilityYesMedicare lists this home among those with a history of serious quality problems and inspects it more often until it improves.Ask about this
- Nursing staff turnover76% a yearMaine average: 47%Worse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Maine average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Sent back to the hospital23.0%State average: 20.8%About average
- Needed an emergency room visit12.2%State average: 16.1%Better than average
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs1.4%State average: 1.2%About average
Physical therapist time: about 9 minutes per resident a day. That is more than the state average of 4 minutes. If rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury5.4%State average: 4.1%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)12.0%State average: 4.3%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs27.0%State average: 20.2%Worse than average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days2.0State average: 1.4Worse than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Maine average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Most residents here have their care paid by Medicaid. In Maine, Medicaid pays for 59% of resident days at a typical home.
- 57% Medicaid
- 14% Medicare
- 28% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average92%Maine typical: 91%
Cost of care per resident day$416Maine typical: $393
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 1 star now, down from 2 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 3 stars and changed 5 times.
Overall rating1★
Health inspections1★
Staffing3★
Quality of care3★
Nurse hours per resident per day4.0
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4.4 |
| Jan 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.7 |
| Jan 2021 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5.0 |
| Jan 2022 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Jan 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2024 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Feb 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Feb 2026 | – | – | – | – | 3.7 |
| Sep 2026 | – | – | – | – | 4.0 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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