Heritage Park Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Park Care Center is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in Carbondale, Colorado, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.02 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 43.6% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Heritage Park Care Center
1200 Village RdCarbondale, CO 81623
Garfield 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 Heritage Park Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.02 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Colorado average. With about 40 residents a day, that works out to roughly 81 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.02 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.66 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.20 | 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
43.6% of nursing staff at Heritage Park Care 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 45.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 29, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (Colorado average 8.6). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $25,990 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2024 | Fine | $25,990 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Heritage Park Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Heritage Park Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Heritage Park Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Park Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Glenwood Springs Healthcare Glenwood Springs · staffing data not validated | 9.8 | 54 | — | — | 81.8% | 2 | $5,293 |
| Castle Peak Senior Life and Rehabilitation Eagle | 26.2 | 44 | 3.14 | 5.02 | 44.4% | 5 | $23,580 |
| Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home - Rifle Rifle · abuse citation | 30.5 | 89 | 2.50 | 4.12 | 48.7% | 2 | $32,975 |
| Grand River Health Care Center Rifle | 31.1 | 57 | 3.02 | 4.85 | 40.0% | 3 | $22,171 |
| Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center Paonia · abuse citation | 42.3 | 60 | 1.62 | 3.00 | 62.5% | 1 | $32,619 |
| Horizons Care Center Eckert | 57.6 | 45 | 1.96 | 3.97 | 53.7% | 3 | $11,180 |
| Walbridge Memorial Convalescent Wing Meeker | 58.6 | 30 | 2.93 | 4.79 | — | 3 | $29,981 |
| Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center Gunnison | 61.5 | 50 | 2.28 | 4.13 | 45.7% | 5 | $14,866 |
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.