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Bluestem Village

1 Darlene Dr, La Junta, CO 81050

Certified beds
56
Occupancy
56%
Ownership
Government
Accepts
Medicare

Our read on Bluestem Village

Bluestem Village is state-run, which puts it in a small category of Colorado nursing homes, most are for-profit chains or nonprofits. Its inspection record is clean: zero deficiencies of any kind on the current record, none at the harm level, and nothing abuse-related. The last full inspection was September 5, 2024, so the findings are recent enough to mean something. With 56 beds, it's a small home, the kind where a state surveyor can look at every resident chart in a day. One caveat worth knowing: the absence of problems in the record doesn't say anything about staffing hours or turnover, which are the numbers that usually predict day-to-day life. Ask about those directly.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per dayNot reported
Registered nurse (RN) hoursNot reported

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hoursNot reported

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnoverNot reported

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: September 5, 2024 (2 years ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

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Common questions about Bluestem Village

What is the ElderGrade for Bluestem Village? +

CMS has not published enough data on Bluestem Village for us to grade it honestly, so we have left it ungraded rather than guessing.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Bluestem Village? +

This facility has not reported staffing hours to CMS in the current data release.

Has Bluestem Village been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Bluestem Village accept Medicaid? +

CMS lists this facility as Medicare, so it is not recorded as Medicaid certified. Confirm directly with the home before admission.