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Rio Grande County, Colorado

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County inventory for Rio Grande 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. Home-health agency signature

CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Rio Grande County (lower tercile) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Colorado medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet CO-RIO-GRANDE-COLORADO · Rio Grande, CO

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 180 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,290/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,584/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a thin home-health map shows for Rio Grande County

Home-health coverage is thin in Rio Grande County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 3 nursing homes and 180 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.

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 Rio Grande County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Rio Grande County break as 2 at 2★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Government - State (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Colorado Veterans Community Living Ctr at Homelake. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
0
2★
2
3★
0
4★
0
5★
1

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
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Rio Grande, 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
    Colorado Veterans Community Living Ctr at Homelake
    5★
  2. 2
    River Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
    2★
  3. 3
    Rock Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
    2★

Nursing Homes in Rio Grande County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Colorado Veterans Community Living Ctr at Homelake Monte Vista 5/5 60 Government - State
River Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Del Norte 2/5 60 For profit - Individual
Rock Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Monte Vista 2/5 60 For profit - Corporation

Read next when home-health coverage is thin

Decode Five-Star for Rio Grande County homes
Mid-pack context for Rio Grande: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 3 Rio Grande County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Rio Grande 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 Grande 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 Grande County.