Nursing home
Red Cliffs Post Acute
2901 N 12Th St, Grand Junction, CO 81506 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 89 certified beds
Red Cliffs Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Grand Junction, Colorado. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.04 hours per resident per day, below the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Jan 16, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Red Cliffs Post Acute compares
This facility vs. the Colorado and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Colorado avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.04 | 3.70 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.51 | 0.83 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.82 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 61.0% | 48.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Red Cliffs Post Acute
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2901 N 12Th St
Grand Junction, CO 81506 - CMS certification #
- 065110
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 89
- Avg residents/day
- 80.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-06-01
- Chain
- Pacs Group (264 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Pacs Group
Pacs Group operates 264 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacs Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice, transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Red Cliffs Post Acute says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Red Cliffs Post Acute proudly provides 24-hour skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, sub-acute care, palliative care, respite care, and hospice services here in Grand Junction, CO.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Red Cliffs Post Acute proudly provides 24-hour skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, sub-acute care, palliative care, respite care, and hospice services here in Grand Junction, CO.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Arrange transportation to appointments
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our semi-private rooms provide you with the comfort and privacy you need to heal.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Sep 6, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 20, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $9,376 proposed, $5,626 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Peak Medical Colorado No. 2, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $9,376 proposed, $5,626 now. To be fixed by Mar 31, 2023.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital, Grand Junction. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Larchwood Inn, Grand Junction. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elite Care At Home, Grand Junction. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- City Market Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 81506 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Grand Junction Dialysis Center, Grand Junction, 0.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
062538 Grand Junction Dialysis (Dci), Grand Junction, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Mesa County Dialysis, Grand Junction, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 81506.
Abode Hospice Of Colorado, office in Grand Junction, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Hopewest Grand Junction, office in Grand Junction, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Pasco/Sw Hospice Grand Junction, office in Grand Junction, 1.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Salida Hospital District, Salida. 136.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Red Cliffs Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Red Cliffs Post Acute an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Red Cliffs Post Acute staffed?
Red Cliffs Post Acute reports 3.04 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Red Cliffs Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does Red Cliffs Post Acute have?
Red Cliffs Post Acute is certified for 89 beds.