Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-06-01. 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 (970) 463-6229 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sedgwick County Memorial 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 (3★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.0/100, placing it #7850 of 14703 facilities nationally and #141 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 Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home receives a reported average of 6 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 5 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 13 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $101,819. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 45.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home ranks 7850th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 141st out of 210 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #190 nationally and RN hours rank #8,294 nationally (#171 in CO). Our composite quality score of 71.0/100 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 Julesburg, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/julesburg/