Nursing home report
CANON CITY, CO · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
Valley View Health Care Center, Inc. in Canon City has a 3-star overall rating, with stronger staffing and quality scores but a weaker 2-star health inspection rating. Reported nurse staffing is below the federal benchmark (3.17 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and it had $8,281 in fines in the last 24 months plus a recent abuse citation.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.1743 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.1743.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: J
The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited December 2021 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: G
The home failed to conduct and document a full facility assessment to ensure it had the resources needed for daily care and emergencies. Cited February 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 838 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: F
The home failed to have a hospital transfer agreement to ensure residents could be moved quickly to a hospital when they needed medical care. Cited February 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 843 — 42 CFR §483.70(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
A federal fine of $8,281 was recorded.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 2 fines · $12,163 in total fines.
Federal fine
Feb 26, 2025
Federal fine
Jun 5, 2023
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.
