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%).
Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
450 Prospector AveDurango, CO 81301
La Plata 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 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.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.12 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.13 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.42 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.67 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.31 | 3.30 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
42.1% 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.
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.
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.
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.
| Durango Health and Rehabilitation Durango · abuse citation | 3.4 | 133 | 1.36 | 2.90 | 31.0% | 1 | None |
| The Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Mancos | 25.3 | 110 | 1.77 | 2.81 | 51.0% | 3 | $8,278 |
| Aztec Healthcare Aztec · abuse citation | 35.6 | 112 | 1.83 | 2.75 | 72.1% | 2 | $105,228 |
| Pine Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Pagosa Springs | 41.5 | 60 | 1.41 | 2.59 | 56.3% | 3 | $19,750 |
| Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bloomfield | 42.8 | 95 | 2.06 | 2.98 | 54.8% | 3 | $73,226 |
| Cedar Ridge Inn Farmington | 43.0 | 101 | 2.36 | 3.14 | 40.9% | 5 | $35,406 |
| Vista Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cortez | 45.2 | 101 | 2.18 | 2.82 | 39.6% | 2 | $36,023 |
| San Juan Care Center Farmington | 46.9 | 93 | 2.20 | 3.16 | 52.9% | 5 | 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.