Lowest-Rated Nursing Homes in Nebraska
Facilities in Nebraska with the lowest NursingHomeGrade Scores. A low score does not guarantee poor care in all areas — but families should review inspection records, staffing levels, and deficiency details carefully before choosing.
⚠ A low score indicates significant concerns in one or more areas: staffing, inspection violations, or quality measures. Visit each facility page for the full deficiency record and comparison data.
Rankings
| # | Facility | Location | Grade | Score | RN Hours | Deficiencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerald Nursing & Rehabilitation Mercy | Omaha, NE | F | 0 | 0.28 | 42 |
| 2 | Good Shepherd Lutheran Home | Blair, NE | F | 2 | 0.51 | 22 |
| 3 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lancaster LLC | Lincoln, NE | F | 8 | 0.26 | 16 |
| 4 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Omaha | Omaha, NE | F | 12 | 0.34 | 30 |
| 5 | Plainview Manor | Plainview, NE | F | 15 | N/A | 10 |
| 6 | Clarkson Community Care Center Inc | Clarkson, NE | F | 16 | 0.35 | 15 |
| 7 | Prestige Care Center of Nebraska City | Nebraska City, NE | F | 16 | 0.45 | 17 |
| 8 | Omaha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Omaha, NE | F | 17 | 0.42 | 18 |
| 9 | Accura HealthCare of Kenesaw | Kenesaw, NE | F | 18 | 0.41 | 13 |
| 10 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Sutherland | Sutherland, NE | F | 18 | 0.35 | 9 |
| 11 | Westfield Quality Care of Aurora | Aurora, NE | F | 19 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | Falls City Care Center | Falls City, NE | F | 19 | 0.16 | 9 |
| 13 | Kimball County Manor | Kimball, NE | F | 21 | 0.47 | 9 |
| 14 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Blue Hill | BLUE HILL, NE | F | 21 | N/A | 11 |
| 15 | Cascades at Skyview | Bridgeport, NE | F | 22 | 0.83 | 17 |
| 16 | Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home | Newman Grove, NE | F | 23 | 0.26 | 9 |
| 17 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lakeview | Grand Island, NE | F | 23 | 0.37 | 10 |
| 18 | St. Joseph Villa Nursing Center | Omaha, NE | F | 23 | 0.32 | 16 |
| 19 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC | Lincoln, NE | F | 23 | 0.38 | 12 |
| 20 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Grand Island | Grand Island, NE | F | 25 | 0.46 | 18 |
| 21 | Monument Healthcare and Nursing Center | Scottsbluff, NE | F | 25 | 0.36 | 11 |
| 22 | Arbor Care Centers-Countryside LLC | Madison, NE | F | 26 | N/A | 13 |
| 23 | The Banyan at Montclair | Omaha, NE | F | 26 | 0.51 | 10 |
| 24 | Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home | Hebron, NE | F | 30 | N/A | 0 |
| 25 | Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center | Scottsbluff, NE | F | 32 | 0.34 | 12 |
| 26 | Imperial Manor Nursing Home | Imperial, NE | F | 32 | N/A | 5 |
| 27 | Life Care Center of Elkhorn | Elkhorn, NE | F | 33 | 0.64 | 24 |
| 28 | Indian Hills Manor | Ogallala, NE | F | 34 | 0.50 | 11 |
| 29 | Arbor Care Centers - Ord, LLC | Ord, NE | D | 36 | 0.50 | 13 |
| 30 | Life Care Center of Omaha | Omaha, NE | D | 36 | 0.32 | 13 |
| 31 | Hillcrest Shadow Lake LLC | Papillion, NE | D | 37 | 0.23 | 8 |
| 32 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Gretna | Gretna, NE | D | 37 | 0.44 | 12 |
| 33 | Accura Healthcare of Neligh | Neligh, NE | D | 37 | 0.37 | 6 |
| 34 | Accura HealthCare of Tekamah | Tekamah, NE | D | 37 | 0.37 | 9 |
| 35 | CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island, NE | D | 37 | N/A | 2 |
| 36 | Accura Healthcare of O'Neill | O' Neill, NE | D | 38 | 0.86 | 14 |
| 37 | Prestige Care Center of Plattsmouth | Plattsmouth, NE | D | 38 | 0.32 | 13 |
| 38 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus | Columbus, NE | D | 38 | 0.39 | 6 |
| 39 | Eastmont | Lincoln, NE | D | 38 | N/A | 5 |
| 40 | Avera Creighton Care Centre | Creighton, NE | D | 39 | N/A | 4 |
| 41 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Legacy Pointe llc | Omaha, NE | D | 39 | 0.69 | 21 |
| 42 | Wilber Care Center | Wilber, NE | D | 39 | 0.43 | 9 |
| 43 | Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village | Kearney, NE | D | 40 | 0.69 | 9 |
| 44 | Christian Homes Health Care Center | Holdrege, NE | D | 41 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 45 | Gold Crest Retirement Center | Adams, NE | D | 41 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 46 | Good Samaritan Society - Grand Island Village | Grand Island, NE | D | 42 | 0.50 | 10 |
| 47 | Wauneta Care and Therapy Center | Wauneta, NE | D | 43 | 0.52 | 5 |
| 48 | Crowell Memorial Home | Blair, NE | D | 43 | 0.66 | 9 |
| 49 | Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center | Lincoln, NE | D | 44 | 0.28 | 2 |
| 50 | Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside | Fairbury, NE | D | 45 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 51 | Wayne Countryview Care and Rehabilitation | Wayne, NE | D | 45 | 0.34 | 5 |
| 52 | Hillcrest Health & Rehab | Bellevue, NE | D | 45 | 0.61 | 8 |
| 53 | St. Joseph's Villa, Inc. | David City, NE | D | 46 | 0.42 | 6 |
| 54 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Ashland | Ashland, NE | D | 46 | 0.52 | 5 |
| 55 | St. Joseph's Rehabilitation and Care Center | Norfolk, NE | D | 48 | 0.67 | 13 |
| 56 | Ponderosa Villa | Crawford, NE | D | 49 | 0.47 | 4 |
| 57 | Accura Healthcare of Fullerton | Fullerton, NE | D | 49 | 0.27 | 4 |
| 58 | Accura Healthcare of Franklin | Franklin, NE | D | 49 | 0.58 | 6 |
| 59 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Cozad | Cozad, NE | D | 49 | 0.43 | 6 |
| 60 | Good Samaritan Society - St John's | Kearney, NE | C | 50 | 0.71 | 11 |
| 61 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Central City | Central City, NE | C | 50 | 0.30 | 8 |
| 62 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of North Platte | North Platte, NE | C | 50 | 0.62 | 8 |
| 63 | Falls City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Falls City, NE | C | 50 | 0.47 | 4 |
| 64 | Good Samaritan Society - Superior | Superior, NE | C | 52 | 0.38 | 11 |
| 65 | Tiffany Square | Grand Island, NE | C | 52 | 0.48 | 4 |
| 66 | Milford Meadows Care Center | Milford, NE | C | 53 | 0.32 | 7 |
| 67 | Nye Summit | Louisville, NE | C | 54 | 0.60 | 2 |
| 68 | Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home | Benkelman, NE | C | 54 | 0.49 | 5 |
| 69 | Hillcrest Nursing Home | McCook, NE | C | 54 | 0.49 | 9 |
| 70 | Mitchell Care Center | Mitchell, NE | C | 55 | 0.39 | 3 |
| 71 | Keystone Ridge Post Acute Nursing and Rehabilitati | Omaha, NE | C | 55 | 0.51 | 7 |
| 72 | Nye Pointe Health & Rehab Ctr | Fremont, NE | C | 55 | 0.61 | 3 |
| 73 | Accura HealthCare of Pierce | Pierce, NE | C | 55 | 0.31 | 2 |
| 74 | Community Memorial Health Center | Burwell, NE | C | 56 | 0.46 | 10 |
| 75 | Maple Crest Health Center | Omaha, NE | C | 56 | 0.88 | 19 |
| 76 | Arbor Care Center-Valhaven, LLC | Valley, NE | C | 56 | 0.48 | 9 |
| 77 | Chimney Rock Villa | Bayard, NE | C | 57 | 0.83 | 7 |
| 78 | Genoa Community Hospital/LTC | Genoa, NE | C | 58 | 0.54 | 4 |
| 79 | Hemingford Care Center | Hemingford, NE | C | 58 | 0.72 | 19 |
| 80 | Ridgewood Rehabilitation & Care Center | Seward, NE | C | 58 | 0.53 | 7 |
| 81 | Crest View Care Center | Chadron, NE | C | 59 | 1.00 | 12 |
| 82 | Good Samaritan Society - Auburn | Auburn, NE | C | 59 | 0.60 | 6 |
| 83 | Hillcrest Millard LLC | Omaha, NE | C | 60 | 0.57 | 6 |
| 84 | Callaway Good Life Center, Inc | CALLAWAY, NE | C | 60 | 0.76 | 11 |
| 85 | Good Samaritan Society - Atkinson | Atkinson, NE | C | 60 | 0.74 | 14 |
| 86 | Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation | Beatrice, NE | C | 60 | 0.37 | 3 |
| 87 | Heritage Estates | Gering, NE | C | 61 | 0.89 | 6 |
| 88 | Eventide Lincoln Care Center | Lincoln, NE | C | 61 | 0.91 | 15 |
| 89 | Mother Hull Home | Kearney, NE | C | 62 | 0.50 | 8 |
| 90 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of South Sioux City | South Sioux City, NE | C | 62 | 0.80 | 7 |
| 91 | Colonial Acres of Humboldt | Humboldt, NE | C | 63 | 0.59 | 9 |
| 92 | Adept Nursing & Rehab of Waverly | Waverly, NE | C | 63 | 0.74 | 4 |
| 93 | Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse | Syracuse, NE | C | 64 | 0.48 | 5 |
| 94 | Continental Falls | South Sioux City, NE | C | 64 | 0.62 | 9 |
| 95 | Colonial Haven | Beemer, NE | B | 65 | 0.57 | 2 |
| 96 | Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice | Beatrice, NE | B | 65 | 0.54 | 6 |
| 97 | Quality Living, Inc. | Omaha, NE | B | 66 | 0.58 | 10 |
| 98 | Eventide Prairie Commons Care Center | Grand Island, NE | B | 66 | 0.86 | 6 |
| 99 | Accura HealthCare of North Platte | North Platte, NE | B | 66 | 0.74 | 3 |
| 100 | Heritage Care Center | Fairbury, NE | B | 67 | 0.51 | 5 |
Methodology
Rankings are determined by NursingHomeGrade Score, a 0–100 composite that weights RN staffing compliance (35%), health inspection deficiencies (30%), CMS quality ratings (20%), and staffing consistency (15%). Data is sourced from the CMS Provider Data Catalog and updated regularly.