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IRONDALE POST ACUTE

COMMERCE CITY, CO · Medicare-certified · 95 beds

Needs attention
Special Focus candidateFor-profitChain member
1 of 5 overall

IRONDALE POST ACUTE in Commerce City, CO has a 1-out-of-5 overall rating, with 1-star health inspection and staffing ratings and a 4-star quality measures rating. It is a special-focus candidate/flagged facility and has had $71,953 in fines in the last 24 months; recent citations included accident hazards/supervision, range-of-motion care, and pain management.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

Quality measures

Last inspection: February 12, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $71,953special focus facility

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports not reported.

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

39.8%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

3.1%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

3.4%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

0.3%Steady

Residents who lost too much weight

6.6%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

31.7%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

16.1%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

14.8%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

0.9%Steady

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

25.8%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

2.5%Improving

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

91%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

91.4%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

42.6%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

55.1%Worsening

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited October 2025 — widespread issue, immediate jeopardy to residents.

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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: L

The home failed to provide appropriate care to help a resident maintain or improve movement and mobility. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, actual harm.

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F-Tag 688 — 42 CFR §483.25(c) — S/S: G

The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited December 2023 — isolated incident, actual harm.

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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: G

The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited September 2022 — isolated incident, actual harm.

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F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: G

The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited October 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: F

Recent history

  1. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.

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  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  3. PENALTY

    A federal fine of $46,270 was recorded.

  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  5. PENALTY

    A federal fine of $17,345 was recorded.

  6. PENALTY

    A federal fine of $8,338 was recorded.

Penalties & enforcement

On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $97,055 in total fines · 1 payment denial.

  • Federal fine

    Oct 9, 2025

    $46,270
  • Federal fine

    Apr 30, 2025

    $17,345
  • Federal fine

    Nov 20, 2024

    $8,338
  • Medicare/Medicaid payment denial

    Dec 14, 2023

    32 days
  • Federal fine

    Dec 14, 2023

    $25,102

Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Chain
Part of THE ENSIGN GROUP · 338 homes · 3.2 stars avg
Occupancy
77.7 residents on an average day (82% of 95 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 32 years

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.