Overview
Sterling Rehabilitation and Nursing has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Colorado average of 3.1. It ranks 2nd of 2 nursing homes in Sterling. It scores best on health inspections (2 of 5) and lowest on staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.4 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 53% of nursing homes in Colorado (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 20, 2025, found 16 health deficiencies, more than the Colorado average of 8.6. Medicare records 3 fines totaling $87,215 in the past three years.
Sterling Rehabilitation and Nursing is a for-profit facility with 63 certified beds, caring for about 41 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1983.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 20, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 16
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 3 totaling $87,215
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 3
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.45 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.35 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.85 hrs
- Nurse aides2.24 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 63
- Average residents per day
- 41
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- April 1, 1983
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes