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Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 40-bed for-profit nursing home in Durango, Colorado, part of Centennial Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.12 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 42.1% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).

Certified for Medicare · CMS number 065411

Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

450 Prospector Ave
Durango, CO 81301
La Plata County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.12
Colorado average 2.22
Nursing staff turnover
42.1%
Colorado average 47.1%
Certified beds
40
about 37 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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 Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.12 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Colorado average. With about 37 residents a day, that works out to roughly 79 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Colorado average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeColorado avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.122.222.32
Licensed practical nurses0.130.680.86
Registered nurses1.420.820.69
All nursing staff3.673.723.86
All nursing staff, weekends3.313.303.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

42.1% of nursing staff at Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.8%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
42.1%
Colorado 47.1% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
30.8%
Colorado 44.6% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
Colorado average 0.5

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 21, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Colorado average 8.6). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
3
From complaints
1
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.

Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

About Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Partnership
  • Chain: Centennial Healthcare, 8 homes
  • Legal name: Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 25, 2014
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: rural

Nursing homes near Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Column headers sort the table.
Durango Health and Rehabilitation
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3.41331.362.9031.0%1None
The Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
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25.31101.772.8151.0%3$8,278
Aztec Healthcare
Aztec · abuse citation
35.61121.832.7572.1%2$105,228
Pine Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Pagosa Springs
41.5601.412.5956.3%3$19,750
Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Bloomfield
42.8952.062.9854.8%3$73,226
Cedar Ridge Inn
Farmington
43.01012.363.1440.9%5$35,406
Vista Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Cortez
45.21012.182.8239.6%2$36,023
San Juan Care Center
Farmington
46.9932.203.1652.9%5None

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.