The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Colorado

  Worst Nursing Homes in Colorado By City

Every city in Colorado has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Denver

• Juniper Village - The Spearly Center (385.5)
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (2025-01-04)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-12-12)
• Hilltop Park Post Acute (192)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-09-06)
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (2024-09-06)
• The Heights Post Acute (164.333)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-07-29)
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2024-06-07)
• Westwood Post Acute (152.333)
• Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. (2025-05-16)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-05-16)
• City Park Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (128.167)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-04-12)
• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (2024-02-23)
• Brookshire Post Acute (106.5)
• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2025-03-24)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-03-14)
• City Scape Rehabilitation and Care Center LLC (97.333)
• Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire. (2024-10-01)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-09-24)
• Center at Lowry, LLC (94.333)
• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2024-04-05)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-03-23)
• Highline Post Acute (83.333)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-25)
• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2024-11-15)
• Amberwood Post Acute (76)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-12-06)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-12-06)

Worst Nursing Homes in Colorado Springs

• Mountain View Post Acute (180.5)
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2025-05-16)
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (2025-05-16)
• Pikes Peak Post Acute (170.667)
• Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs. (2025-03-30)
• Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. (2025-03-30)
• Kiowa Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing, LLC (147.333)
• Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire. (2027-01-01)
• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2026-08-01)
• Falcon Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC (121.667)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-02-28)
• Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. (2024-11-08)
• Springs Village Care Center (100.667)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-03-19)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-03-19)
• The Healthcare Resort of Colorado Springs (100.5)
• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2023-12-26)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2023-12-26)
• Medallion Post Acute Rehabilitation (99.667)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-05-14)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-02-04)
• Colonial Rehabilitation and Nursing, LLC (74.667)
• Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician. (2024-10-25)
• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2024-03-19)
• The Center at Cordera, LLC (62)
• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2024-09-27)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-09-16)
• The Center at Centennial (60)
• Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. (2024-12-20)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2024-12-11)

Worst Nursing Homes in Aurora

• Pearl of Orchard Valley (219.667)
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (2025-04-21)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-21)
• Aurora Nursing (212.333)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-05)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-05-25)
• University Heights Care Center (153)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-27)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-27)
• Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation (131.5)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-04-23)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-31)
• Highlight Healthcare of Aurora (131.5)
• Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. (2025-05-31)
• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2025-05-31)
• Westfield Quality Care of Aurora (102.333)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-05-26)
• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (2025-05-26)
• Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons (90.833)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-02-25)
• Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-02-25)
• Hampden Hills Post Acute (90)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2027-12-31)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-08-12)
• Alden of Waterford (73)
• Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. (2025-04-15)
• Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements. (2025-04-15)
• Life Care Center of Aurora (70.667)
• Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. (2024-05-02)
• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2024-04-29)

Worst Nursing Homes in Fort Collins

• Poudre Canyon Rehabilitation and Nursing, LLC (137.167)
• Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2026-06-01)
• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2025-11-21)
• Storybrook Care and Rehabilitation (130.667)
• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2024-11-18)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-11-12)
• Creekside Village Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC (100.667)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-17)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-10-22)
• Columbine West Health and Rehab Facility (92.167)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-21)
• Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. (2025-03-19)
• Center at Rock Creek, LLC (74.167)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-08-02)
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (2024-08-02)
• Good Samaritan Society -- Fort Collins Village (34.667)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2024-02-09)
• Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (2024-02-09)
• Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of The Rockies (29.333)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-11-21)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-11-21)
• Lemay Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Facility (22.667)
• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (2025-03-10)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2023-12-21)
• Centre Ave Health and Rehab (16)
• Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. (2024-12-05)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-11-21)

Worst Nursing Homes in Lakewood

• Oakwood Care and Rehabilitation (264.833)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-07)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-03-07)
• Sierra Post Acute (115.333)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-17)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-08-21)
• Lakewood Post Acute and Rehabilitation (104)
• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (2025-05-09)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-05-09)
• Cedars Healthcare Center (95.667)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-09-09)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-05-21)
• Harmony Pointe Care Center (84)
• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2025-02-17)
• Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours. (2024-11-29)
• Crestmont North Nursing Home (80)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-12-31)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2024-12-31)
• Mapleton Post Acute (77.333)
• Install properly constructed and protected linen or trash chutes. (2025-02-05)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-02-05)
• Lakewood Villa (69.333)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-04-25)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-04-12)
• Villa Manor Care Center (58.667)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-04-25)
• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (2025-04-25)
• Allison Care Center (40)
• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2025-04-23)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-03-14)

  Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Colorado
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Colorado

  Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

  Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Colorado:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

  More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit

  How We Compile Nursing Home Ratings in Colorado

Every month, we rank all of the skilled nursing facilities in Colorado. These rankings are based on data provided by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid measures ("CMS"), including the CMS 5-Star Rating System and the Health Inspection Scores. The list of the Worst Skilled Nursing Facilities in Colorado is based on the weighted overall health inspection score which is a composite of CMS's three most recent skilled nursing home inspection scores weighted to give the most recent inspection more importance.

The CMS 5-Star Rating System rates skilled nursing facilities from one to five stars, with one star being the lowest and five stars being the highest. The rating system also rates Colorado nursing homes across five different dimensions including overall rating, health inspection rating, quality measures rating, overall staffing rating, and RN staffing rating (RN is an acronym for Registered Nurse).

In addition to the 5-Star Rating System, CMS provides numerical metrics that summarize:

• Health Inspection Domain. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys for each nursing home, results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period, and any repeat revisits needed to verify that required corrections have brought the facility back into compliance. CMS calculates a weighted deficiency score based on points assigned to health deficiencies identified in each active provider’s current health inspection survey and the two prior surveys (including revisits), as well as deficiency findings from the most recent three years of complaint investigations. More recent surveys are weighted more heavily than older surveys: the most recent period (cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 1/2, the previous period (cycle 2) has a weighting factor of 1/3, and the second prior survey (cycle 3) has a weighting factor of 1/6. The weighted time period scores are then summed to create the survey score for each facility.
• Staffing Domain. Using multiple reporting methods, CMS calculates the amount of time that the nursing staff spends with residents. This is measured across multiple dimensions, one each for three different levels of nursing, including Registered Nurses (“RNs”), Licensed Practical Nurses (“LPNs”), and Certified Nursing Assistants (“CNAs”), plus one metric that totals all contributions. These metrics are expressed in hours per resident per day. CMS also provides state-level and national averages for the metrics to allow for additional comparisons.
• Quality Measures Domain. A set of quality measures (QMs) has been developed from MDS-based indicators to describe the quality of care provided in nursing homes. These measures address a broad range of functioning and health status in multiple care areas. The facility rating for the QM domain is based on performance on a subset of 11 (out of 18) of the QMs. Ratings for the QM domain are calculated using the three most recent quarters for which data are available. This time period specification was selected to increase the number of assessments available for calculating the QM rating, increasing the stability of estimates and reducing the number of facilities that do not have enough data to report QM ratings.
• Abuse Flag. Abuse is always a concern in skilled nursing facilities. To highlight the issue, CMS has extracted this feature as its own flag. Facilities with an actual abuse event or where the potential for abuse has been shown for the past two years are flagged. The Health Inspection Score is capped at 2-stars for nursing homes that have been flagged for abuse.

Skilled nursing facilities that are new and do not have at least two surveys completed are not rated by CMS. These facilities may have health inspection scores that can be used to evaluate the facility.

One complication in Colorado nursing home inspections is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although inspections should be performed every 12 months, COVID has decreased this frequency. While CMS admits that only in “rare cases” do these inspections increase to 15 months, our analysis suggests that this time frame may be even longer. This report shows that the time between inspections is now just under 500 days (more than sixteen months). There are now hundreds of skilled nursing homes in the United States that have not been inspected in more than 24 months. This list shows the skilled nursing homes with the longest period since being inspected. According to the CMS data, these homes have not been inspected since 2018!