Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Public record summary
About this facility — Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in La Jara, Colorado. It is licensed for 60 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Colorado (90 beds).
It is one of 1 senior care facility in La Jara and 210 skilled nursing facilities across Colorado. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.
Federal inspectors have cited Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 53 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $54,946 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.
This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.
