Nursing home report

Elk Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center

Registered name: HOPE SPRINGS CARE CENTER

MONTROSE, CO · Medicare-certified · 74 beds

Needs attention

For-profitChain member

Data as of July 1, 2026

2 of 5 overall

Elk Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Montrose, CO has a 2-star overall rating, with 2-star health inspection and staffing scores and a 4-star quality measures score. It has a recent federal penalty, $21,808 in fines over the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing of 3.29 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark.

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Health inspections

Staffing

3.2918 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: December 10, 2024Penalties, last 24 months: $21,808recent federal penalty

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2918.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses: 0.59
Licensed practical nurses: 0.75
Nurse aides: 1.95
Weekend nursing: 3.04

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 65%

Registered nurse turnover: 58%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

27.3%16.1%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

0%2.5%Worsening

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

8.3%2.8%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

9.4%2.5%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

7.1%2.6%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%0%No change

Residents needing more help with daily activities

3.6%5.3%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

—11.2%—

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

0%2.6%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%4%Worsening

Residents with a long-term catheter

0%0%No change

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

27.7%23%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

0%0%No change

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—93.8%—

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

96.9%90%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—61.5%—

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

77.4%51.6%Worsening

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited December 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.