Sunny Vista Living Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

50.5% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 73 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 50.9% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 57 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.32 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 52% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 12% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 116 beds and averages 110.2 residents a day — about 95% occupied, or roughly 6 beds typically open. It runs essentially full — expect a waiting list. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.87 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.60 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.28 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.72 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.92 on weekdays — 5% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.65 to 0.47 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 26% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

16 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 6 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2025-07-24 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to store, distribute and serve food in a sanitary manner in the main kitchen. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure kitchen equipment was stored in a clean and sanitary manner; and, -Ensure perishable foods were discarded after the date of expiration. Findings include: I. Failure to ensure stored kitchen equipment were clean and sanitary A. Professional referenceThe Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (2021) The Colorado Retail Food Establishment Rules and Regulations, retrieved 7/30/25 revealed in pertinent part, Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. (4-501.12) Non food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Non food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-07-24 · tag F0605 — failed to not use drugs as a restraint — pattern
  Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure five (#63, #46, #73, #112 and #50) of nine residents were free from chemical restraints and were receiving the least restrictive approach for their needs out of 52 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure prescribed as needed (PRN) antipsychotic medication for Resident #63 had corresponding documentation of identified behaviors and use of non-pharmological interventions; -Ensure resident specific care approaches, to include medication specific target behaviors and person-centered interventions were documented and monitored for Resident #63, #46, #73, and #112's psychotropic medications; and,-Identify specific resident behaviors, conduct behavior monitoring and ensure the least restrictive intervention was used prior to administration of psychotropic medications for Resident #50's.Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Psychotropic Medication Management policy, approved December 2024, was provided by the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-07-24 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — pattern
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure proper storage of medications in two of four medication storage rooms and three of five medication carts.Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure medications were labeled with the date they were opened;-Ensure expired medications were removed and discarded from medication carts and storage refrigerators; and,-Ensure the temperature in a medication storage refrigerator was maintained within an acceptable temperature range.Findings include:I. Facility policy and procedureThe Medication Storage policy, dated January 2025, was received by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 7/24/25 at 11:00 a.m. It read in pertinent part, Medications requiring refrigeration or temperatures between 2 degrees celsius (C)/(36 degrees fahrenheit (F) and 8 degrees C (46 degrees F) are kept in a refrigerator with a thermometer to allow temperature monitoring. Medications requiring storage in a cool place may be refrigerated unless otherwise directed on the label as cool temperatures are those between 8 degrees C (46…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-07-24 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure one (#4) of two residents who required respiratory support received care consistent with professional standards of practice out of 52 sample residents. Specifically the facility failed to obtain a physician ordered bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machine (a type of non-invasive ventilation that helps people breathe by providing pressurized air through a mask or nasal plugs) for Resident #4 to use during sleep hours.Findings include: I. Resident #4A. Resident statusResident #4, age [AGE], was admitted on [DATE] and discharged on 7/23/25 to the community. According to the July 2025 computerized physician orders (CPO), diagnoses included acute respiratory failure, obstructive sleep apnea (breathing stops during sleep) and tachycardia (heart beats too fast). The 5/22/25 minimum data set (MDS) assessment revealed the resident was cognitively intact with a brief interview for mental status (BIMS) score of 14 out of 15. He had…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-24 · tag F0742 — isolated
  Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents diagnosed with a mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty received appropriate treatment and services to attain the highest practicable mental and psychosocial wellbeing for one (#12) of six residents out of 52 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure individualized care approaches were provided and monitored with ongoing assessment for Resident #12 in order to meet the emotional and psychosocial needs of the resident;-Ensure Resident #12, who had expressed suicidal ideations with intent and a history of trauma, was monitored for signs and symptoms of suicidal ideation; and, -Ensure expressions of suicidal ideations were addressed in a timely manner in order to secure Resident #12's safety.Findings include:I. Facility policy and procedureThe Psychosocial Evaluation Procedure policy, dated December 2024, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 7/24/25 at 11:00 a.m. It revealed in…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-24 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure housekeeping staff completed proper hand hygiene, cleaned high-touch surfaces and followed the appropriate guidelines for disinfectant solution when cleaning residents' rooms; and,-Ensure appropriate infection control procedures were followed urinary catheter care for Resident #68. Findings include: I. Failed to ensure housekeeping staff completed proper hand hygiene, cleaned high-touch surfaces and followed the appropriate guidelines for disinfectant solution when cleaning residents’ rooms A. Professional references According to The Centers for Disease Control And Prevention’s (CDC) Clinical Safety: Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Workers (February 2024), retrieved on 7/28/25 from:…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-09-04 · tag F0699 — isolated
  Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that residents who were trauma survivors received culturally competent, trauma-informed care in accordance with professional standards of practice and accounting for residents' experiences and preferences in order to eliminate or mitigate triggers that may cause re-traumatization of the resident for two (#3 and #4) of three residents reviewed out of four sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to identify Resident #3 and Resident #4's post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and identify triggers which may retraumatize them. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Trauma Informed Care policy and procedure, undated, was provided by the director of nursing (DON) on 9/4/24 at 4:38 p.m. It read in pertinent part, It is the policy of the community to ensure residents who are trauma survivors receive culturally competent, trauma-informed care in accordance with professional standards of practice. Each resident will be screened…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-09-04 · tag F0742 — isolated
  Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure one (#2) of three residents reviewed for psychosocial concerns out of four sample residents received the appropriate treatment and services to attain the highest practicable mental and psychosocial well-being. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Provide Resident #2 with psychosocial support who had increasing depression since February 2024; -Update Resident #2's comprehensive care plan to identify the resident's increasing depression and recent wish to die; and, -Develop a comprehensive care plan that depicted Resident #2's accurate antidepressant medication. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Psychosocial Evaluation policy and procedure, dated [DATE], was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on [DATE] at 2:30 p.m. It revealed in pertinent part, The community will evaluate and intervene in residents' psychosocial unmet needs to improve their well-being. A member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) notices the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2023-11-30 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute and serve food in a sanitary manner in the main kitchen, one of four serving areas, two of six dish machines in four serving areas and two of two resident snack refrigerators. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure staff washed hands and changed single use gloves appropriately while plating and serving resident meals in one of four serving areas; -Ensure the high temperature dish washing machines maintained sanitizing rinse temperatures for two of six dish machines in four serving areas; and, -Maintain the kitchen in a sanitary condition. Findings include: I. Hand hygiene A. Professional reference The Colorado Retail Food Regulations, effective 1/1/19, were retrieved 12/4/23 from https://cdphe.colorado.gov/environment/food-regulations. It revealed in pertinent part, Employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment. Food…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2023-11-30 · tag F0908 — failed to keep essential equipment working — widespread
  Keep all essential equipment working safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to maintain emergency response carts and equipment in safe operating condition, and failed to display required precautionary signs where oxygen was stored for four of four carts reviewed out of a sample of four emergency (crash) carts. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure staff were trained on how to use the emergency oxygen cylinders, how handle and when to replace empty cylinders; -Ensure staff completed daily the equipment checks; -Ensure expired items were removed from the crash cart; -Ensure missing items were replaced on the crash cart; -Ensure staff were trained on where the crash carts were located; and, -Ensure signs were displayed on store rooms where oxygen was stored. Findings include: I. Professional references A.According to [NAME], [NAME], (2022). Crash cart preparedness and failure to rescue a case study review. Retrieved on 11/29/23, from…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 5 rows in the source record cover these 3 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in CO