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Rio Blanco County, Colorado

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County inventory for Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County average 1.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 1 nursing home - 30 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Colorado medians.

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Sheet CO-RIO-BLANCO-COLORADO · Rio Blanco, CO

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-WEAK · HH-NONE · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 30 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-TAIL #2,665/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,584/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 0 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 Rio Blanco County

CMS star quality runs softer in Rio Blanco County: rated homes average 1.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 1 nursing home and 30 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Colorado medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★). Ownership leans Government - Hospital district (100% of 1 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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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
1.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Rio Blanco County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Walbridge Memorial Convalescent Wing Meeker 1/5 30 Government - Hospital district

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Rio Blanco County's 1.0 average
Thin-book context for Rio Blanco: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 1 Rio Blanco County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Rio Blanco AL medians run high
Sparse home-health path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Rio Blanco County planning
Sparse home-health path: 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 Rio Blanco County.