Nursing homes

Nursing homes in Colorado

CMS certifies 210 nursing homes in Colorado and publishes staffing hours, inspection findings and penalties for each. 208 of them carry an overall star rating. We publish the 42 that clear our field-completeness bar, grouped by city.

  • Homes CMS certifies210
  • Average rating3.15 / 5
  • Nurse hrs / resident / day3.70
  • Nursing turnover47.1%
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The state benchmark

How Colorado homes are rated

CMS scores each home from one to five stars on a composite of inspections, staffing and quality measures. This is how Colorado splits. Every home page on this site sets its own rating against it.

208 rated homes. CMS certifies 2 more with no overall rating yet.

Distribution of CMS overall star ratings across 208 rated Colorado nursing homes
5 stars
4321%
4 stars
4421%
3 stars
5125%
2 stars
4120%
1 star
2914%

Source: CMS Care Compare, June 2026 release. How we use CMS data

Browse by city

Each city page ranks its homes best-rated first and compares them on the staffing measure most closely tied to resident outcomes.

Keep going

Ratings tell you whether a home is any good. The pages below cover what care costs and where our numbers come from.