Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-10-01. 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 (719) 784-6331 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 51.3/100, placing it #13862 of 14703 facilities nationally and #207 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 Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home receives a reported average of 2 hours 24 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 51 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 2 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 2 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 68.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $30,095. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 120.75 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home ranks 13862nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 51.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 207th out of 210 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,028 nationally and RN hours rank #3,091 nationally (#73 in CO). Our composite quality score of 51.3/100 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 Florence, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/florence/