Cherrelyn Healthcare Center
5555 S Elati St, Littleton, CO, 80120
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Stellar Senior Living
- Certified beds
- 190 · avg 170 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 37.3% — lower than most Colorado nursing homesColorado avg: 47.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 26.3% — lower than most Colorado nursing homesColorado avg: 43.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Colorado averageColorado avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 065203
- Certified beds
- 190 beds · avg 170 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Snh Co Tenant Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Stellar Senior Living
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Stellar Senior Living chain — 8 facilities across 2 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.0 / 5.
Parent entity
Diversified Healthcare Trust
Disclosed owners (26 on record)
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Stellar Senior Living b Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Stellar v Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Stellar Cherrelyn Management Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 20 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 37)
- D0755·Dec 30, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E0880·Jan 30, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0849·Jan 30, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- D0693·Jan 30, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D0685·Jan 30, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- D0679·Jan 30, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- F0812·Aug 16, 2023
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E0805·Aug 16, 2023
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Fire-safety citations
37 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 30, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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