The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in New Hampshire

Finding the Right Nursing Home in New Hampshire: Why It Matters

When it comes to choosing a nursing home for your loved ones in New Hampshire, it's crucial to have access to accurate and comprehensive information. Our "Worst Nursing Homes in New Hampshire" page aims to provide you with insights into the facilities that have fallen short in various aspects of care. Understanding these ratings can help you make more informed decisions and ensure the well-being of those who matter most.

Top Worst Nursing Homes in New Hampshire

Our state rankings highlight the nursing homes in New Hampshire that have received the lowest quality scores based on a variety of factors, including health inspections, staffing levels, and resident care. These scores are designed to give you a clear picture of which facilities may require closer scrutiny.

Factors Considered:

• Health and safety inspections
• Staffing ratios
• Resident care and outcomes
• Compliance with federal and state regulations

Our scoring methodology is transparent and designed to provide an unbiased look at each facility's performance. Nursing Homes with the warning icon () have been flagged by CMS for abuse.

Disclaimer: Our rankings are based on data collected from reputable sources, including government reports and independent evaluations. While we strive for accuracy, we encourage you to visit facilities and conduct your own research before making any decisions.

Worst Nursing Homes in New Hampshire By City

Every city in New Hampshire has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Nashua

• Nashua Post Acute Care (43)
  • Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room). (2026-01-19)
  • Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. (2026-01-09)
• Courville at Nashua (19)
  • Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. (2025-09-02)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-09-02)

Worst Nursing Homes in Manchester

• Westside Care Center (76)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2026-04-01)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-12-15)
• Legacy Health and Rehab (45)
  • Provide properly sized and located linen or trash receptacles. (2025-08-09)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-08-09)
• Touchpoints at Manchester (39)
  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (2025-11-13)
  • Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2025-11-10)
• Manchester Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (39)
  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2026-05-22)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2026-05-22)
• Autumn Lake Healthcare at Long View (38)
  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2026-03-27)
  • Establish policies and procedures for volunteers. (2026-01-15)
• Aristacare at Manchester (38)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-10-26)
  • Install proper backup exit lighting. (2025-10-21)
• Hackett Hill Healthcare Center (33)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2026-02-09)
  • Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. (2025-11-14)
• Manchester Center For Rehabilitation and Healing L (27)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-07-11)
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2023-01-20)
• Courville at Manchester (26)
  • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2026-03-16)
  • Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (2026-03-13)
• St Joseph Residence (18)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2026-02-15)
  • Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. (2026-02-10)

Worst Nursing Homes in Dover

• Country Club Center I (326.25)
  • Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. (2026-05-21)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2026-05-21)
• Bay Terrace Rehabilitation and Health Center (125.5)
  • Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge. (2026-03-23)
  • Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach. (2025-04-10)
• Excel Care at Dover (118.25)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2026-04-22)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2026-04-22)
• New Dawn Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (111)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2026-03-17)
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2026-03-17)
• Westminster Village Health (85)
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2026-01-22)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2026-01-22)
• Cadia Rehabilitation Capitol (81)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2026-03-13)
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2025-12-11)
• Complete Care at Silver Lake LLC (77)
  • Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. (2026-03-11)
  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2026-03-11)
• Hennis Care Centre of Dover (50)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-06-16)
  • Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2025-06-16)
• Park Village Health Care Center Inc (46.75)
  • Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (2026-06-09)
  • Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs. (2024-05-10)
• Dover Center For Health and Rehabilitation (28)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-06-10)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-06-10)

Worst Nursing Homes in Portsmouth

• Portsmouth Health and Rehab (276.75)
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (2026-01-21)
  • Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident?s advance directives. (2025-12-09)
• Portside Health and Rehab Center (95)
  • Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. (2025-03-03)
  • Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. (2025-03-03)
• Autumn Care of Portsmouth (75)
  • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2026-04-10)
  • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2026-04-10)
• Ayden Healthcare of Rosemount Pavilion (55)
  • Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2025-06-05)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-06-05)
• Hill View Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente (40)
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (2026-01-02)
  • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (2025-09-27)
• Bridgeport Health Care Center (33)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-10-02)
  • Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes. (2025-10-02)
• River Run Healthcare of Portsmouth (21)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-03-10)
  • Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. (2025-03-10)
• The Edgewood Centre (18)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-07-25)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-07-25)
• Portsmouth Health and Rehab (12)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-08-27)
  • Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2025-08-27)
• Cedar Healthcare Center (4)
  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (2025-07-28)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-07-16)

Worst Nursing Homes in Concord

• Willow Pass Healthcare Center (137)
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2026-04-14)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2026-04-14)
• Diablo Valley Post Acute (112)
  • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2026-05-20)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2026-05-20)
• Bayberry Skilled Nursing and Healthcare Center (82)
  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2026-07-31)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2026-02-07)
• Pleasant View Center (63)
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2026-02-16)
  • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2026-02-16)
• Stonebrook Post Acute (52)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2026-04-13)
  • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2026-02-23)
• Concord Post Acute (41)
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2026-03-02)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2026-03-02)
• Presidential Oaks (34)
  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (2026-03-27)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2026-03-20)
• Harris Hill Center, Genesis Healthcare (23)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-05-09)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-05-09)
• Havenwood-Heritage Heights (12)
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (2025-04-18)
  • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. (2025-03-27)
• Concord Village Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation (3)
  • Use approved construction type or materials. (2025-07-25)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-07-25)

Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in New Hampshire
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in New Hampshire

Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in New Hampshire:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit