Every Medicare-certified nursing home in Colorado, graded on inspections, staffing, turnover
and enforcement history.
6 homes in the state sit in the federal Special Focus programme.
Park Forest Care Center runs on 2.61 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a third below the national average of 3.86, and weekend coverage drops about 9% below its own weekday level. The inspection record shows 32 deficiencies, including four at the harm or jeopardy level and five tied to abuse, with one fine of $24,840 and a June 2025 inspection. Resident outcome measures and staffing both land at the lowest federal rating. With a for-profit corporate owner, 103 certified beds, and serious findings across care and safety, the numbers here point to a home where you would want to ask hard questions before moving anyone in.
Poudre Canyon Rehabilitation and Nursing is a for-profit LLC in Fort Collins with 83 certified beds, and its staffing is the first thing you should look at. At 2.65 nurse hours per resident day, it runs roughly 31% below the national average of 3.86, weekend coverage slips about 5% below its own weekdays, and annual turnover is 60.5% against a national 45.8%, so not only are there fewer hands, people keep leaving. That shows in the inspection record: 37 deficiencies on file, six of them carrying harm or jeopardy, seven tied to abuse, and $48,308 in fines across two penalties. The most recent inspection was January 22, 2025. Quality measures score well, but the staffing and inspection numbers are what I'd ask about directly.
The Lodge At Red Rocks carries 64 deficiencies on its current record, and 8 of those reached harm or jeopardy level. Seven are abuse-related. That's the kind of pattern that put this home in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, and the inspection history backs it up, 1 out of 5 stars on health inspections, with four fines totaling $144,259. Staffing sits at 3.71 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 4% under the national average, and weekends drop about 12% below the home's own weekday coverage. Ownership is a for-profit limited liability company. The quality measure rating is 3 out of 5, but that's the one bright spot in an otherwise rough picture.
Creekside Village runs on thin staffing and a troubling inspection record. Nurses provide about 3.47 hours of care per resident per day, roughly 10% under the national average, and weekend coverage drops another 12% below the home's own weekday level. Staff turnover sits at 74.4%, well above the 45.8% national figure, so the people caring for your family member are likely new, still learning the building, or already halfway out the door. The current record shows 53 deficiencies, nine tied to abuse and eight serious enough to put residents in harm's way, plus five fines totaling $48,875. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for the homes with the most persistent problems.
Westwood Post Acute carries 50 deficiencies on its current record, six of them serious enough to involve actual harm or jeopardy to residents. That's the kind of inspection history that lands a home in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, which means the government is watching it more closely than most. Staffing sits at 3.24 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly 16 percent under the national average, and weekends run about 10 percent thinner than weekdays. Annual turnover is 50.7 percent, above the national 45.8 percent. The quality measure score looks strong, but it's built from reported data, not from how the place actually runs day to day. Inspectors were last in on April 25, 2025.
Irondale Post Acute carries a 1-out-of-5 health inspection rating, and the record behind it is heavy: 27 deficiencies, six of them at the level where residents were actually harmed or put in immediate jeopardy, and four tied to abuse. CMS has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for the homes with the most persistent compliance problems. Five fines total $147,455, and the last inspection was February 2026. Staffing sits at 3.35 hours per resident day, about 13 percent under the national average, and weekends run roughly 11 percent thinner than weekdays. The quality measure score looks strong on paper, but that's self-reported data, the inspection findings and the penalty history are what families should weigh here.
Accel At Longmont is a five-bed for-profit home, and its record is one of the roughest you'll see. Inspectors have cited 57 deficiencies, seven of them serious enough to cause harm or put residents in immediate jeopardy, plus two tied to abuse; fines total $175,956 across five penalties. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for homes with a persistent pattern of poor care.
Nurse staffing runs about 2.97 hours per resident day, roughly 23% under the national average, and weekends drop further. The inspection done in September 2025 gave it the lowest possible rating. With that few beds, there's little margin for the staffing gaps.
Medallion Post Acute Rehabilitation runs on 3.25 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly 16% under the national average, and weekend coverage drops another 15% below its own weekday levels. That thin staffing shows in the numbers: a 55.6% annual turnover rate, well above the 45.8% national figure, and 25 deficiencies on the current record, seven serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, one abuse-related. Four fines total $86,723. The last inspection was August 2024, so the record is fairly recent. This is a for-profit LLC with 60 beds, and the pattern across staffing, turnover, and inspection history is consistent rather than isolated.
Sterling Rehabilitation and Nursing runs 63 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers behind its record are worth knowing before you visit. Nurse staffing sits at 3.22 hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends drop about 16% below what the home staffs on weekdays, so coverage thins out exactly when families tend to visit. Annual turnover is 60.3%, well above the 45.8% national figure, which means the people caring for residents are often new.
The current inspection record carries 34 deficiencies, five of them at the harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse. Four fines total $118,155, and the last inspection was August 2025.
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.