Continental Care and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Continental Care and Rehabilitation is a 100-bed for-profit nursing home in Butte, Montana, part of Sweetwater Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Montana average of 2.57, and 60.2% nursing staff turnover (Montana average 54.8%).
Continental Care and Rehabilitation
2400 Continental DrButte, MT 59701
Silver Bow County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Continental Care and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.63 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Montana average. With about 87 residents a day, that works out to roughly 227 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Montana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.63 | 2.57 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.79 | 0.98 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.03 | 4.05 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.38 | 3.59 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
60.2% of nursing staff at Continental Care and Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Montana average of 54.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 4, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Montana average 11.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Continental Care and Rehabilitation holds 3 of 5 overall; the Montana average is 2.9.
About Continental Care and Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Sweetwater Care, 8 homes
- Legal name: Sweetwater Butte Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1984
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Continental Care and Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center Butte | 0.1 | 186 | 1.98 | 3.33 | 45.8% | 4 | $9,311 |
| Crest Nursing Home Butte | 0.2 | 103 | 2.10 | 3.33 | 53.2% | 5 | None |
| Southwest Montana Veterans Home Butte | 3.3 | 60 | 2.14 | 4.34 | 53.9% | 5 | None |
| Community Nursing Home of Anaconda Anaconda | 24.0 | 62 | 3.32 | 5.25 | — | 3 | None |
| Ivy at Deer Lodge Deer Lodge | 29.8 | 60 | 2.25 | 3.67 | 56.8% | 1 | $103,309 |
| Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center Sheridan · abuse citation | 39.8 | 39 | 4.65 | 7.05 | 72.7% | 1 | $22,205 |
| Elkhorn Healthcare and Rehabilitation Clancy | 40.3 | 70 | 1.81 | 2.73 | 41.3% | 2 | None |
| Mount Ascension Transitional Care of Cascadia Helena · SFF candidate | 47.1 | 108 | 2.10 | 3.35 | 59.1% | 1 | $80,366 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.