Wheatridge Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-04-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (303) 238-0481 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wheatridge Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.2/100, placing it #6802 of 14703 facilities nationally and #121 of 210 in Colorado. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Wheatridge Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 57 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 3 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $41,722. 11 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $41,722, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 81.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Wheatridge Care Center ranks 6802nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 121st out of 210 nursing homes. In Wheat Ridge, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 8. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,517 nationally and RN hours rank #6,625 nationally (#142 in CO). Our composite quality score of 73.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Wheat Ridge, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/wheat-ridge/