Page 4 of Best Nursing Homes in Nevada

Desert Willow Post Acute sits at 3450 N Buffalo Dr in Las Vegas, tucked into Clark County. It’s a 155-bed nursing home and skilled nursing facility, and right now it’s running close to full: 151 of those beds are occupied, a 97 percent rate that tells you something about local demand. The neighborhood itself is only somewhat walkable (Walk Score 46), so plan on driving for most errands.

The average stay here is 49 days, which lands in that in-between zone. Not a quick in-and-out, not a permanent move either. It suggests a facility built to handle both short-term rehab and residents who need nursing support for a while longer. On the staffing side, residents get coverage from RNs, LPNs, and certified nurse aides, adding up to just under four hours of total nursing care per resident each day.

Rooms are private or semi-private, and Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are all accepted, so there’s flexibility depending on how a family is covering costs. On the regulatory side, inspections here have tended to focus on things like infection prevention, dietary and food service, and general quality of life and care planning.

What you’re looking at is a mid-size, high-occupancy skilled nursing facility set up for residents who need real nursing infrastructure behind them, whether that’s a stretch of rehab after a hospital stay or something longer-term, with three payer types covering the bases.

Overview of Hearthstone of Northern Nevada

Standing tall among senior living communities in Sparks, Nevada, Hearthstone of Northern Nevada is renowned for exceptional nursing home care. This community is committed to providing superior care to its residents, particularly when they need it the most. Striking an effective balance between clinical outcomes and social well-being, Hearthstone operates under the principle of prioritizing resident needs, all in a homelike atmosphere.
Hearthstone extends an array of essential services, from certified wound care and skilled nursing care to short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, and varying levels of hospice-respite support, demonstrating an effective and inclusive approach to nursing home care. The community also offers cutting-edge nutritional and culinary support, ensuring residents’ wellbeing extends beyond just medical needs. Engaging with residents at their time of need, Hearthstone of Northern Nevada personifies a commitment to care and compassion.

Highland Village of Fallon provides nursing home, assisted living, hospice care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Fallon, Nevada. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and taking medication while a resident lives in a private suite. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Hospice care supports residents receiving care at the end of life.

Respite care offers a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver needs time away or time to recover. The range of care types may suit a resident whose needs change over time, since care can continue within the same community. Highland Village of Fallon has 102 beds and offers private suites, giving each resident a private living space within the community.

Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Medicare can cover short stays for skilled care after a hospital stay, rather than long term residence. Medicaid may help when savings do not cover a long stay, while private pay uses personal funds. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 9 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily nurse staffing time allocated to each resident.

Ormsby Post Acute Rehab is a nursing home in Carson City, Nevada, providing skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services. Skilled nursing care gives residents nursing support as part of their daily care, while rehabilitation services support recovery and functional improvement. The community may be a good fit for a resident who needs nursing care while recovering from an illness, injury or procedure.

The home has 120 beds. Medicare, Medicaid and private pay are accepted, giving families several listed ways to cover care. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 8 minutes per resident per day, representing the amount of nursing time allocated to each resident daily. Ormsby Post Acute Rehab is part of the Evergreen Healthcare Group.

Overview of Skye Canyon Post Acute

Skye Canyon Post Acute sits at 6650 Grand Montecito Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County, and it’s owned by a company called Mphs Operating Holding LLC. It’s a 45-bed nursing home, and the services it lists (skilled nursing, palliative care, respite care) tell you this isn’t a place people move into forever.

The average resident stays 17 days. Short-term rehab is the main thing happening here: getting someone back on their feet after surgery or a hospital stay, then getting them home again. The facility backs that up with round-the-clock staffing and dedicated short-term rehab and respite care options.

Registered nurses spend 1 hour and 53 minutes per resident per day. Add in LPNs at 47 minutes and nurse aides at 2 hours and 2 minutes, and total nursing care lands at 3 hours and 18 minutes per resident, per day. Nurse aides do the bulk of the physical, hands-on work: bathing, dressing, helping people move around. That’s usually where quality of life lives or dies in a place like this, so it’s worth knowing that number exists at all.

On the practical side: Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are all accepted, so there’s more than one door in depending on someone’s situation. The building has private bathrooms with showers instead of shared ones, and the common areas and courtyards get flagged specifically, so they’re apparently worth seeing in person rather than just reading about.

Walk Score here is 47, “somewhat walkable.” You could handle a few errands on foot. You’d still want a car for most things.

Put it all together and this reads as a facility built for a specific moment: after the hospital, before home. Not a long-term address; a stop on the way back to one.

Overview of Sierra Basin Post Acute

At 1001 North Mountain Street in Carson City, Nevada, Sierra Basin Post Acute runs an 80-bed skilled nursing operation in a neighborhood rated moderately walkable, Walk Score 66. That means a resident’s family can handle some errands on foot, though a car still helps for most trips.

Beyond round-the-clock skilled nursing and outpatient therapy, the facility names coordinated palliative and hospice care, bariatric and digestive disease care, and cancer recovery support as distinct offerings. It also handles complex wound care, catheter management, tracheostomy care, and tube management, the kind of hands-on clinical work that separates a post-acute nursing facility from a purely residential one. An in-house rehab gym backs this up, with therapy and assessment services running six to seven days a week instead of once or twice.

Registered nurses log about an hour and five minutes per resident each day. LPNs add roughly another hour and ten minutes. Nurse aides contribute the largest share, at two and a half hours, bringing the combined nursing total to nearly four hours per resident daily.

Rooms are semi-private. Residents get nutrition and dietary services, a monthly activity calendar, and help with social outings and transportation. Medicare and private pay are both accepted, covering the two most common ways families fund a stay like this.

This is a place built for people who need real medical support after a hospital stay, or ongoing skilled nursing care that goes beyond daily living help.

Rosewood Rehabilitation Center is the premier home for short-term and long-term care that boasts extensive amenities and services that ensure an easy and comfortable living experience for the residents. It’s a community that proudly knows how to deliver and maintain a quality holistic approach to senior care. Rosewood ensures that its residents are being put first while striving to enhance their quality of life; it’s a genuinely compassionate community that hopes to make a difference in the lives of seniors. 
A list of services and amenities make the stay at Rosewood which includes family-style dining, companion care, therapy, and special diets given; others include a common room, fitness classes, therapy services (speech, physical, occupational), and personal care assistance, scheduled transportation, and cleaning services.

Overview of Hearthstone

Hearthstone sits at 1950 Baring Boulevard in Sparks, Nevada, a 125-bed nursing home and skilled nursing facility in one of the more walkable corners of the city. A Walk Score of 78 means most errands, a pharmacy run, a coffee stop, don’t require a car. Right now, 108 of the home’s 125 beds are filled, putting occupancy at 86%.

Total nursing care runs about 3 hours and 30 minutes per resident per day, split across registered nurses (roughly 40 minutes), nurse aides (about 1 hour and 57 minutes), and LPNs or LVNs (around 59 minutes). In-house therapy is offered directly on the property, and 24-hour staffing backs up the rehabilitation services the facility runs. Families paying for care have options too: Hearthstone accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.

Outside of medical care, residents can take part in religious services, a detail that speaks to the kind of daily rhythm the facility supports beyond clinical treatment. Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services has, through its inspections, tended to focus on staffing and staff credentials, care planning and documentation, and resident rights and protections.

Between the staffing hours, the on-site therapy, and the range of accepted payment types, Hearthstone comes across as a facility set up for residents who need real day-to-day nursing support, whether they’re passing through for rehab or settling in for longer term skilled care.

At 100 Delmar Gardens Drive in Henderson, Nevada, Oasis Nursing & Rehab of Green Valley runs as a 242-bed nursing home in a moderately walkable stretch of the city. A Walk Score of 59 means residents’ families can knock out an errand or two on foot, though a car still comes in handy for most trips. The facility is running at 83% occupancy, with 200 of its 242 beds in use.

Three named programs anchor the care model: rehabilitative therapies, post-operative care, and chronic condition management, backed by broader rehabilitation services. Registered nurses average about 27 minutes per resident each day. Nurse aides put in far more time, roughly 2 hours and 17 minutes per resident daily, with LPNs and LVNs adding another hour on top of that.

Life outside the treatment room includes outdoor patios, meals built around nutritional balance, and a mix of group and individual activities. Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services has, through its inspections, tended to keep an eye on medication management, infection prevention and control, and resident rights and protections at this facility.

Between the staffing pattern and the named rehab programs, Oasis is a facility built for residents moving through a recovery window, post-surgical, post-illness, or managing a chronic condition, who need consistent hands-on nursing support more than round-the-clock physician-level care.