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Brighton Care Center

A nursing home in Brighton, Colorado 80601

2025 E Egbert St, Brighton, Colorado 80601. (303) 659-4580.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Colorado average is 8.7.

Last standard inspection Nov 7, 2024.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Jul 20, 2026

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

5 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 5 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 3 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Jul 20, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint.

Nov 7, 2024: standard inspection2 citations

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 27, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 10, 2025.

Nov 7, 2024: standard and complaint inspection2 citations

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 27, 2024.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 10, 2025.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jun 1, 1988.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
  • 108 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 1 fine in the last three years, $38,812 in all.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 3 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Nov 7, 2024Fine$38,812

Who does the caring?

3.26 nurse hours per resident per day

The Colorado average is 3.69.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeColorado average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.263.69
Of which registered nurses0.620.81
At weekends2.823.26
Nursing staff turnoverNot given47%
Registered nurse turnoverNot given44.4%
Administrators who leftNot givenNot given

Who owns it?

  • Endura Healthcare LLC owns 100% directly since Aug 25, 2022.
  • 11 owners or officers are people: Joseph Graham (corporate officer); Ami Sato (corporate officer); David Jorgensen (corporate director); Rachel Rodriquez (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Rachel Rodriquez (on the governing body (managing control)); Rachel Rodriquez (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Chad Keetch (corporate officer); Shad Thomas Grubbs (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Shad Thomas Grubbs (on the governing body (managing control)); Shad Thomas Grubbs (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Soon Burnam (corporate officer).
  • Part of The Ensign Group (347 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
The Ensign Group Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%Aug 25, 2022
Endura Healthcare LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Aug 25, 2022
Ensign Services Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 25, 2022

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (Colorado average 4.2).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating5 of 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Staffing2 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 16.0 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 9).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Brighton Care Center This nursing home5
Riverdale Post Acute0.631
Skylake Post Acute8.815
The Villas at Sunny Acres10.910
Malley Transitional Care Center11.08
The Center at Northridge, LLC11.51
Thornton Care Center12.322
Irondale Post Acute12.313
Ridgeview Post Acute13.57
Adara Living13.713
Coal Creek Post Acute & Assisted Living15.46
Clear Creek Care Center16.05

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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