Nursing Homes in Colorado: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Colorado has 210 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 77 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.22 hours per resident per day, 4% below the US average of 2.32, and 47.1% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Colorado averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Denver (23), Colorado Springs (20), Lakewood (13). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Akron (1)
- Alamosa (2)
- Arvada (2)
- Aurora (11)
- Berthoud (1)
- Boulder (4)
- Brighton (2)
- Broomfield (1)
- Brush (2)
- Burlington (1)
- Canon City (5)
- Carbondale (1)
- Castle Rock (2)
- Centennial (2)
- Cheyenne Wells (1)
- Colorado Springs (20)
- Commerce City (2)
- Cortez (1)
- Craig (1)
- Del Norte (1)
- Delta (1)
- Denver (23)
- Durango (2)
- Eagle (1)
- Eckert (1)
- Englewood (3)
- Evergreen (1)
- Florence (1)
- Fort Collins (8)
- Fort Morgan (1)
- Fowler (1)
- Glenwood Springs (1)
- Grand Junction (6)
- Greeley (6)
- Greenwood Village (1)
- Gunnison (1)
- Highlands Ranch (2)
- Holly (1)
- Holyoke (1)
- Julesburg (1)
- Lafayette (1)
- La Jara (1)
- La Junta (1)
- Lakewood (13)
- Lamar (1)
- Las Animas (1)
- Littleton (5)
- Longmont (5)
- Loveland (4)
- Mancos (1)
- Meeker (1)
- Monte Vista (2)
- Montrose (2)
- Morrison (1)
- Northglenn (1)
- Olathe (1)
- Ordway (1)
- Pagosa Springs (1)
- Palisade (1)
- Paonia (1)
- Parker (3)
- Pueblo (9)
- Rifle (2)
- Rocky Ford (1)
- Salida (1)
- Springfield (1)
- Steamboat Springs (1)
- Sterling (2)
- Thornton (3)
- Trinidad (1)
- Walsenburg (1)
- Walsh (1)
- Westminster (5)
- Wheat Ridge (4)
- Windsor (2)
- Woodland Park (1)
- Wray (1)
Largest nursing home chains in Colorado
CMS links 139 of Colorado's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in CO | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| The Ensign Group | 31 | 342 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 22 | 194 |
| Pacs Group | 19 | 274 |
| The Charly Bello Family, the Maze Family, the Swain Family, & Walter Myers | 9 | 19 |
| Centennial Healthcare | 8 | 8 |
| Long Peak Operating Company | 8 | 8 |
| Madison Creek Partners | 8 | 13 |
| Stellar Senior Living | 7 | 7 |
| Vivage Senior Living | 6 | 6 |
| Frontline Management | 5 | 9 |
| Veritas Management Group | 5 | 13 |
| Sweetwater Care | 4 | 8 |
| Advanced Health Care | 3 | 26 |
| American Baptist Homes of the Midwest | 2 | 6 |
| Brookdale Senior Living | 2 | 12 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release