Brighton Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-06-01. 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) 659-4580 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Brighton Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 79.0/100, placing it #4153 of 14703 facilities nationally and #65 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 Brighton Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 29 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 35 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 39.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $61,040. 6 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 2 fine(s) totaling $61,040, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 46.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Brighton Care Center ranks 4153rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 65th out of 210 nursing homes. In Brighton, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,770 nationally and RN hours rank #9,062 nationally (#181 in CO). Our composite quality score of 79.0/100 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 Brighton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/brighton/