Fowler Health Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Fowler Health Care is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in Fowler, Colorado. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.52 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the Colorado average of 2.22, and 31.4% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Fowler Health Care
221 2nd StFowler, CO 81039
Otero 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 Fowler Health Care, nurse aides logged 2.52 hours per resident per day, 14% above the Colorado average. With about 34 residents a day, that works out to roughly 84 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 19% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.52 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.00 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.26 | 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
31.4% of nursing staff at Fowler Health Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 15, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Fowler Health Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Fowler Health Care
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Fowler Health Care Center, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 23, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Fowler Health Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Crowley County Nursing Center Ordway | 15.9 | 44 | 2.21 | 3.58 | 46.8% | 4 | None |
| Pioneer Health Care Center Rocky Ford | 17.3 | 101 | 2.18 | 3.36 | 44.0% | 4 | $10,033 |
| Bluestem Village La Junta | 25.4 | 56 | — | — | — | — | None |
| Pueblo Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Pueblo | 32.3 | 120 | 1.82 | 2.88 | 55.6% | 2 | $30,707 |
| University Park Care Center Pueblo | 33.3 | 180 | 1.83 | 3.15 | 50.5% | 4 | $22,653 |
| Vista Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Pueblo | 33.4 | 90 | 1.85 | 3.18 | 64.2% | 3 | $41,772 |
| Lakeshore Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center Pueblo | 33.8 | 106 | 2.07 | 3.38 | 44.1% | 4 | None |
| Atlas Post Acute Pueblo · staffing data not validated | 34.5 | 146 | — | — | 64.6% | 3 | $39,368 |
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.