Nursing home report
LANDER, WY · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
Westward Heights Care Center in Lander, WY has a 4-star overall rating, with 4 stars in health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. It has no fines in the last 24 months, but reported nurse staffing is 3.73 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1 federal benchmark, and recent inspection citations included infection prevention and control, discharge/transfer planning, and psychotropic medication use.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7285 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7285.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
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
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited March 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure the resident’s transfer or discharge met their needs and preferences and was safe. Cited May 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 627 — 42 CFR §483.15(c) — S/S: D
The home failed to properly reduce or limit psychotropic medication use and try safer non-drug approaches when appropriate. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 758 — 42 CFR §483.45(e) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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.
