18 of the 97 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Utah (19%) are independently owned, and all are listed below. 7 of the 18 graded homes earn an A and 2 earn a D or F. Nurse staff turnover runs 45.2%, 5.5 points lower than the 50.7% across all homes there. Thatcher Brook Rehabilitation & Care Center in Clearfield grades highest at A (98 out of 100).
How independently owned homes in Utah compare
This group set against every nursing home in Utah, from the current CMS release.
Logan Regional's transitional care unit is an 11-bed nonprofit operation attached to a hospital, and the staffing numbers show it: 9.62 nurse hours per resident day, roughly two and a half times the national average. Weekend coverage dips about 15% below its own weekday level, which is worth asking about if a discharge lands on a Saturday. Staff turnover sits at 15%, well under the national 45.8%, so the people caring for your family member tend to stay. The trade-off is two deficiencies on record, one serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, though nothing abuse-related. The last inspection was January 2026. Small units like this live and die on who's on shift, and here that's mostly a strength.
Thatcher Brook runs 5.78 nurse hours per resident day, roughly half again the national figure of 3.86, and its staff retention is notably steady, turnover sits at 30.6% against a national 45.8%. Weekend coverage does dip about 20% below the home's own weekday level, so ask how that plays out on a Sunday. The inspection record shows 23 deficiencies with none at the harm or jeopardy level and nothing abuse-related, and the most recent survey was July 2025, so the picture is current. For-profit, LLC-owned, 30 beds, small enough that you can press on specifics.
Canyonland Care Center is county-owned, and that shows in the numbers: 4.96 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 28% above the national average, with a 5-star staffing rating to match. Staff turnover is 21.6% against a national average near 46%, a workforce that mostly stays put, though weekend coverage dips about 7% below weekday levels. The trouble sits in the inspection record. Seventeen deficiencies, two of them serious enough to risk harm, including five tied to abuse, and one fine of $11,193. Two stars worth of quality and health ratings don't erase that. Good staffing is the strength here; the survey history is what a family needs to ask about directly.
Legacy Village Rehabilitation runs 40 certified beds in Taylorsville under for-profit partnership ownership. The staffing picture is the weak spot, CMS gives it one star out of five, and 11 deficiencies sit on the current record, two of them serious enough to involve actual harm or jeopardy. No abuse citations, at least. Staff turnover lands at 32.1%, below the 45.8% national average, and quality measures score four stars against a three-star inspection history. A May 2025 inspection means the record is recent, not stale. What you're weighing here is whether consistently thin staffing outweighs decent clinical numbers and better-than-average retention. For a 40-bed home, ask specifically how many aides are on the floor at night.
Garfield County Nursing Home is small, 21 certified beds, and county-run, which matters less than how it's staffed. At 6.25 total nurse hours per resident day, it runs about 62 percent above the national average, an unusually wide margin. Weekend staffing dips roughly 14 percent below weekday levels, so coverage isn't perfectly even across the week. Turnover sits at 32.3 percent, well under the national 45.8 percent. The tradeoff shows up in care quality: a 2-out-of-5 on quality measures, 15 deficiencies on record including 2 abuse-related, though none rose to harm or jeopardy. The most recent inspection was June 25, 2025. Strong staffing and stable retention are carrying a lot of weight here.
Millard County Care and Rehabilitation is county-owned, which matters less than what the numbers show. Staffing sits at 3.60 nurse hours per resident day, about 7% under the national average, and weekends dip slightly below its own weekday levels, though turnover at 36.8% is notably better than the 45.8% national figure. The real concern is the inspection record: 40 deficiencies, including two at the harm level and three tied to abuse, with a $19,656 fine and a one-star health inspection rating. Quality and staffing measures both score 5/5, so day-to-day care looks solid, but the compliance history is where you'd want to ask hard questions before choosing this home.
Uintah Basin Rehabilitation And Senior Villa is county-owned, and that shows in the numbers: 4.23 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 9% above the national average. Weekend staffing dips about 14% below its own weekday level, so ask how that plays out on a Sunday. Staff turnover sits at 46.4%, basically even with the national average. The inspection record is the strongest part of the story, seven deficiencies, none at the harm level, none abuse-related, and the last full inspection was in February 2025. Five stars on both health inspections and quality measures, four on staffing.
Uintah Health Care Special Service District runs on county money, and it shows in the staffing numbers: 6.49 nurse hours per resident per day, well above the national average of 3.86. Weekend coverage dips only slightly from weekdays, so families visiting on Saturdays should still find adequate staff. The tradeoff sits in the inspection record. Eight deficiencies, including one tied to abuse and one serious enough to cause harm or jeopardy, plus a $28,038 fine. That combination drags down an otherwise solid profile, four stars each for staffing and quality measures, three for health inspections, with the most recent state visit in September 2025. Good care hours don't erase a harm-level finding. Ask what changed since.
Fairfield Village Rehabilitation runs 40 certified beds in Layton under for-profit LLC ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 5.06 hours per resident day, roughly 31% above the national average of 3.86. That's a real margin, though weekend coverage dips about 8% below its own weekday level, so the weekday-to-weekend gap is worth asking about directly.
The bigger flag is turnover: 63.2% annually against a national average of 45.8%, meaning a large share of the people caring for residents are new or on their way out. Inspections from January 2025 produced 11 deficiencies, none at harm or jeopardy level but one abuse-related.
Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation And Nursing is a 37-bed county-run home in South Salt Lake, and its inspection record is the strongest thing about it: a five-star health inspection rating, only six deficiencies on file, none at the harm or jeopardy level, and a survey completed in October 2025. The quality measures also come in at five stars. What holds it back is staffing, 2.06 nurse hours per resident day, roughly half the national average of 3.86, with weekends running about 18 percent thinner than weekdays. Turnover is unusually low at 26.3 percent against a 45.8 percent national figure, which suggests a stable crew, but a stable crew that's small. Two abuse-related deficiencies are worth asking about directly.
Sunshine Terrace is run by a hospital district, which usually brings some stability, but the numbers here tell a different story. The health inspection rating sits at the bottom of the scale, and the record shows 29 deficiencies, including two that put residents in immediate harm and four tied to abuse, that's a lot to carry, and it points to problems that show up in practice, not just on paper. Staffing is also rated 1 out of 5, and turnover runs slightly above the national average at 47.2%, so the people caring for residents are cycling through quickly. The most recent inspection was in April 2026, so the picture is current.
Midtown Manor's staffing is the problem here. At one star, its nurse and aide hours come in well below what CMS sees at the typical Utah home, and that shortfall shows up in the inspection record: 41 deficiencies, three tied to abuse, though none rose to the level of immediate harm or jeopardy when surveyors visited on April 30, 2025. The county runs this 82-bed building, which can mean steadier public oversight than a for-profit chain, but it doesn't fix thin coverage on the floor. Quality measures score well at four stars, so the clinical outcomes they track look fine, but those numbers depend on people being there to deliver the care. Ask about actual daily aide hours before you decide.
Lomond Peak is county-owned, and its clinical quality scores are genuinely strong, a five out of five on CMS quality measures. The problem is the people delivering that care. At 2.50 nurse hours per resident day, staffing sits about 35 percent below the national average, and weekends run roughly 18 percent thinner than weekdays. Turnover of 41.7 percent actually beats the national rate, so this isn't a churn problem; it's a budgeted-hours problem. Inspections tell a rougher story: 21 deficiencies on the current record, including one at the harm level and one abuse-related, with a two out of five inspection rating from a visit dated October 2025. Ask about weekend coverage and how the abuse citation was resolved before deciding.
Seasons Healthcare and Rehabilitation sits in St. George with 53 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and its inspection record is genuinely decent, 17 deficiencies on file, none rising to harm or jeopardy level, with the most recent state visit in July 2024. Daily nurse coverage runs 4.32 hours per resident, roughly 12% above the national average. But two numbers complicate that picture: staff turnover hits 69.5% a year against a national norm near 46%, and weekend staffing drops about 19% below weekday levels. High churn and thinner weekend coverage can undermine consistent care even when raw staffing hours look strong. The one abuse-related deficiency is worth asking about directly.
Pine Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing runs 34 certified beds in Salt Lake City under corporate ownership, and the staffing numbers are the first thing to notice: 2.81 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 27% under the national average of 3.86, with weekends running about 9% thinner than weekdays. Turnover sits at 80% against a national 45.8%, which means the aides and nurses caring for your relative are likely newer than the building itself. The inspection record shows 41 deficiencies, including 3 at harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, plus one fine of $56,121. A recent October 2025 inspection is the one bright spot, ask what changed since.
Maple Ridge runs on 2.28 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 41% under the national average of 3.86, and weekends dip about 6% below its own weekday coverage. Staff turnover sits at 72.4% against a national 45.8%, so the people around your family member change often. The inspection record backs that up: 34 deficiencies, including three at the harm level and four tied to abuse, with two fines totaling $11,887. Salt Lake City-county ownership doesn't change the arithmetic. The 4/5 quality measure score reflects how residents are doing on paper, but the last inspection was June 2025 and the staffing rating is 1/5. Worth asking hard questions before a move-in.
San Rafael Health and Rehabilitation runs on county money and 51 beds in Ferron, and its staffing hours land right at the national average, close enough that there's no real cushion. What stands out is the churn: more than half the nursing staff turns over in a year, and weekend coverage drops about 19% below weekday levels. The inspection record is where things get serious. Twenty-seven deficiencies, six of them involving harm or jeopardy, four tied to abuse, plus two fines near $29,000 and a spot in CMS's Special Focus Facility program. Inspectors were last there in November 2024. County ownership doesn't change what those numbers say.
Mountain View Health Services is a 155-bed for-profit in Ogden, and the numbers behind its record are hard to look past. Nurse staffing sits at 3.08 hours per resident per day against a national average of 3.86, and more than half the nursing staff turned over in the past year. The home carries 101 deficiencies on its current record, 22 of them serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, plus seven tied to abuse. Three CMS fines total $150,781, and the federal government has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for the country's most persistently troubled homes. If you're considering this one, ask what's changed since the January 2026 inspection.
Frequently asked questions
How many independently owned nursing homes are there in Utah?
There are 18 independently owned Medicare-certified nursing homes in Utah, 19% of the 97 nursing homes there.
Are independently owned nursing homes better staffed?
In Utah they average 4.48 total nursing hours per resident per day, against 4.09 for all nursing homes in Utah, a difference of +0.39 hours. Staff turnover averages 45.2% against 50.7%.
Which independently owned nursing home grades best in Utah?