CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Colorado

Delta County, Colorado

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County inventory for Delta County, Colorado is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Delta County average 2.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes - 185 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Colorado medians.

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County care plate

Sheet CO-DELTA-COLORADO · Delta, CO

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 185 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,087/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,584/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Delta County

CMS star quality runs softer in Delta County: rated homes average 2.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes and 185 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

CareScout 2025 Colorado medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,584/mo, semi-private nursing $10,159/mo, private nursing $12,182/mo, home health aide $7,913/mo, adult day $2,275/mo. Local Delta County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

1★
1
2★
1
3★
1
4★
0
5★
0

Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,584
Assisted Living / mo
$10,159
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,913
Home Care / mo
2.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Delta, CO

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Horizons Care Center
    3★
  2. 2
    Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center
    2★
  3. 3
    Willow Tree Care Center
    1★

Nursing Homes in Delta County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Horizons Care Center Eckert 3/5 45 Non profit - Corporation
Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center Paonia 2/5 60 For profit - Limited Liability company
Willow Tree Care Center Delta 1/5 80 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Delta County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Delta Health Home Health Delta 2.0

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Delta County's 2.0 average
Mid-pack context for Delta: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Delta County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Delta AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Delta County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Colorado elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Colorado state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Delta County.