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City Scape Rehabilitation & Care Center
⌖ Denver, CO · Denver County
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Medicare overall rating 2 of 5 stars
Certified beds60
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (partnership)
About City Scape Rehabilitation & Care Center
City Scape Rehabilitation & Care Center is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Denver, CO. Medicare rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (below average); the average in Colorado is 3.2.
- Inspections: 13 problems at its last full inspection (Jul 2024), more than the Colorado average of 8.7. 2 recent citations were for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger.
- Staffing: nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 38 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Colorado average of 3 hr 43 min. About 53% of nursing staff left in the past year.
- Fines: $59,543 in federal fines in the last three years.
Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology
Key details
Facility nameCity Scape Rehabilitation & Care Center LLC
LocationDenver County, Colorado
Phone(303) 393-7600
Address3345 Forest St, Denver, CO 80207 · Denver County
Medicare provider number65387
Ownership typeFor-profit (partnership)
Operating companySweetwater Care · 8 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceOctober 13, 2006 (19 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official Medicare inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from Medicare's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
4 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 1 care-quality measure is worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
About average
- Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 38 min a dayColorado average: 3 hr 43 minAbout average
- Registered nurse time per resident46 min a dayColorado average: 49 minAbout average
- Nursing staff turnover53% a yearColorado average: 47%About average
Things to ask about
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- Abuse citationOn recordMedicare shows this icon when a home was cited for abuse, neglect or exploitation in recent inspections. Ask what happened and what changed.Ask about this
- Serious health citations2 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Jul 2024 (about 2 years ago). All 2 were later corrected.Ask about this
- Fines and penalties2 fines totaling $59,543Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Jul 2025 (about 1 year ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Health citations at last inspection13 (Jul 2024)Colorado average: 8.7.Worse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Colorado average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury3.3%State average: 3.4%About average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)4.0%State average: 3.4%About average
- Given antipsychotic drugs26.4%State average: 20.0%Worse than average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days0.8State average: 1.4Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Colorado average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Most residents here have their care paid by Medicaid. In Colorado, Medicaid pays for 68% of resident days at a typical home.
- 84% Medicaid
- 2% Medicare
- 15% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average85%Colorado typical: 81%
Facility operating cost per resident day$331Colorado typical: $377
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 2 stars now, down from 5 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 5 stars and changed 11 times.
Overall rating2★
Health inspections1★
Staffing2★
Quality of care5★
Nurse hours per resident per day3.6
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2020 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2021 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Jan 2022 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Jan 2023 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Jan 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3.6 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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