Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center is a 110-bed for-profit nursing home in Aurora, Colorado, part of Sweetwater Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Colorado average of 2.22, and 40.7% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center
500 Geneva StAurora, CO 80010
Arapahoe 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 Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Colorado average. With about 108 residents a day, that works out to roughly 234 aide hours a day, or about 29 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 | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.80 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.63 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.60 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.21 | 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
40.7% of nursing staff at Highland Park Rehabilitation & 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 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 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. Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Sweetwater Care, 8 homes
- Legal name: Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1983
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation Aurora | 0.2 | 108 | 2.07 | 3.30 | 38.5% | 2 | $2,516 |
| Center at Lowry, LLC Denver | 1.1 | 96 | 2.76 | 5.12 | 49.1% | 3 | $31,948 |
| Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons Aurora | 2.2 | 180 | 2.59 | 4.67 | 94.0% | 3 | None |
| Hilltop Park Post Acute Denver | 2.3 | 162 | 1.64 | 2.93 | 39.5% | 2 | $66,307 |
| Berkley Manor Care Center Denver | 2.5 | 118 | 2.17 | 3.74 | 14.5% | 5 | $17,160 |
| Crestmoor Care Center Denver · abuse citation | 2.7 | 108 | 1.69 | 2.87 | 17.0% | 3 | $845 |
| University Heights Care Center Aurora · abuse citation | 2.7 | 105 | 1.69 | 2.93 | 27.7% | 3 | None |
| Aviva at Fitzsimons Aurora | 2.8 | 100 | 2.81 | 4.92 | 61.4% | 4 | $7,008 |
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.