Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Chickasha, Oklahoma, part of Bridges Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the Oklahoma average of 2.53, and 42.2% nursing staff turnover (Oklahoma average 55.5%).
Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy
2300 Iowa AvenueChickasha, OK 73023
Grady 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 Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, 13% below the Oklahoma average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 151 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Oklahoma avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.53 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.36 | 0.92 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.81 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.40 | 3.44 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
42.2% of nursing staff at Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy left over the year CMS measured, against a Oklahoma average of 55.5% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Oklahoma average 6.6). 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. Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy holds 4 of 5 overall; the Oklahoma average is 2.7.
About Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Chain: Bridges Health, 33 homes
- Legal name: Convalescent Center of Grady County
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1993
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cottonwood Creek Skilled Nursing & Therapy
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Glenhaven Retirement Village Chickasha · many days without an RN | 0.0 | 120 | 3.27 | 4.64 | — | 2 | $14,433 |
| Shanoan Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Chickasha | 1.7 | 82 | 2.51 | 4.09 | 73.8% | 3 | $8,281 |
| Chickasha Nursing Center, Inc Chickasha · SFF candidate · no staffing data submitted | 2.0 | 60 | — | — | — | 1 | $16,355 |
| Anadarko Nursing & Rehab Anadarko · many days without an RN | 16.1 | 92 | — | — | 42.4% | 1 | $14,867 |
| Senior Village Healthcare Blanchard | 18.4 | 50 | 2.32 | 3.44 | 26.7% | 5 | None |
| Tuttle Care Center Tuttle | 18.9 | 52 | 2.17 | 3.26 | 50.0% | 2 | None |
| Lindsay Nursing & Rehab Lindsay | 24.3 | 106 | 2.42 | 3.39 | 47.8% | 3 | None |
| Marlow Nursing & Rehab Marlow | 28.1 | 69 | 2.34 | 3.61 | 71.4% | 3 | None |
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.