Villas At Sunny Acres, The is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1969-12-30. 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) 255-4100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Villas At Sunny Acres, The 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 (3★), 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 71.4/100, placing it #7636 of 14703 facilities nationally and #136 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 Villas At Sunny Acres, The receives a reported average of 3 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 32 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $19,988. 86 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 1 fine(s) totaling $19,988, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 58.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Villas At Sunny Acres, The ranks 7636th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 136th out of 210 nursing homes. In Thornton, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,130 nationally and RN hours rank #7,213 nationally (#156 in CO). Our composite quality score of 71.4/100 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 Thornton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/thornton/