Skilled nursing · South Salt Lake, UT

Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing

3094 South State Street, South Salt Lake, UT 84115

37 bedsGovernment - City/county
9.5Clarity
Score history
Aug 20269.5 flagged

First scored Aug 2026. Rescored monthly from the federal and state record.

The Palmelle ReadUpdated 5 May 2026

The record on Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing cuts both ways. On one side, staff turnover is roughly half the U.S. rate, and inspectors rated the last health survey 5 out of 5 and levied no fines. On the other, antipsychotic use runs 1.7 times the national median, and sedative and sleep-medication use runs 3.3 times the national median. The sections below show exactly where each number comes from — read them before you tour.

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Written by Palmelle from federal and state records. Last updated 5 May 2026. Not paid for or edited by the facility.

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The record

CMS Care Compare · Apr 2026
Federal ratings
Overall★★★★★ 5 of 5
Health inspection★★★★★ 5 of 5
Staffing★★☆☆☆ 2 of 5
Quality measures★★★★★ 5 of 5

Staffing · hours per resident per day

Registered-nurse time with each resident, dailyhigher is better

This home
35 min
National
47 min

All nursing time with each resident, dailyhigher is better

This home
2 hr 2 min
National
3 hr 37 min

Nurses who quit each yearlower is better

This home
26.3%
National
53%

Medication & safety · share of long-stay residents

On antipsychotic medicationlower is bettersee why ↓

This home
24%
National
14%

On sedatives / sleep medicationlower is better

This home
50%
National
15%

Falls causing major injurylower is better

This home
0%
National
1.6%

Physically restrainedlower is better

This home
0%
National
1.1%
Penalties & citations · last 36 months
Federal fines$0 · zero penalties
Abuse iconNone
Conflict flags in latest reconcile1

UT does not publish a state inspection feed Palmelle can verify. This record is built from federal data only.

What the pattern says

Palmelle pattern checks · v1

Warehouse warning signs — read the findings below before touring.

  • Staffing below the line. Residents get 2 hr 2 min of nursing time a day against a national norm of 3 hr 37 min — thin staffing is the first warehouse warning sign.
  • A sedation pattern. Antipsychotic use (24%) and sleep-medication use (50%) are BOTH far above national norms — the pattern associated with medicating residents instead of staffing for them.
  • Clean accountability record. Hospital-district owned — a public hospital answers for this building, and there are no fines, flags, or abuse findings on the federal record.

These checks are computed the same way for every facility. Good patterns and bad ones both print.

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Questions families ask

What is the CMS rating for Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing?
Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing has an overall CMS Care Compare rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
Has Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing been cited for resident harm?
Little Cottonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing has no abuse icon and no federal fines on record in the last 36 months.
What should I ask on a tour?
Ask about staff-to-resident ratios by shift, weekend coverage, and any measure flagged red in the record above — those are the places this facility's numbers leave open questions.