Horizons Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Horizons Care Center is a 45-bed nonprofit nursing home in Eckert, Colorado, part of Volunteers of America Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.96 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 53.7% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Horizons Care Center
11411 Highway 65Eckert, CO 81418
Delta 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 Horizons Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.96 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Colorado average. With about 31 residents a day, that works out to roughly 61 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.96 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.95 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.05 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.97 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.32 | 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
53.7% of nursing staff at Horizons 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 42.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 7, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (Colorado average 8.6). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $11,180 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2023 | Fine | $11,180 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Payment Denial | 2 days from Oct 4, 2023 |
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. Horizons Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Horizons Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Volunteers of America Senior Living, 6 homes
- Legal name: Volunteers of America Care Facilities
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
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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.