Nursing home
Juniper Village - the Spearly Center
2205 W 29Th Ave, Denver, CO 80211 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Juniper Communities (3 facilities) · 135 certified beds
Juniper Village - the Spearly Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Denver, Colorado. Nurse staffing is 3.02 hours per resident per day, below the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Dec 4, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus FacilityCMS has identified this facility for enhanced oversight.
- 7 fines totaling $273,972In CMS records: 8 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Juniper Village - the Spearly Center 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) | 3.02 | 3.70 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.38 | 0.83 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.90 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 59.6% | 48.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | below 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 7 fines totaling $273,972, 8 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Juniper Village - the Spearly Center
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 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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 25, 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
- 2205 W 29Th Ave
Denver, CO 80211 - CMS certification #
- 065327
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 135
- Avg residents/day
- 123.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-04-11
- Chain
- Juniper Communities (3 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Juniper Communities
Juniper Communities operates 3 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Juniper Communities 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
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2008
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 8 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Juniper Village - the Spearly Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: companion suite.
Companion suites lower monthly costs while still including full Juniper amenities and programs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Mar 22, 2008 to Mar 21, 2010. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $55,693 owed to 92 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Juniper Village (Juniper Communities). Case 1567213.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 29, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 21, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $14,918 proposed, $8,950 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Juniper Park Limited Parternship. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $5,594 proposed, $3,356 now. To be fixed by Jun 24, 2022.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $9,324 proposed, $5,594 now. To be fixed by Jun 24, 2022.
- Jul 1, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 2, 2022. 6 violations cited (6 serious). Penalties: $19,895 proposed, $11,937 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Juniper Park Limited Partnership.
Details
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a)). Penalty $6,632 proposed, $3,979 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(2)(iii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(j)(2)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(a)). Penalty $8,290 proposed, $4,974 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $4,973 proposed, $2,984 now. To be fixed by Jan 18, 2022.
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
- Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver. 2.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sloan's Lake Rehabilitation Center, Denver. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Intermountain Health Homecare - Denver, Denver. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80211 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Denver Dialysis Center, Denver, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Sloans Lake, Denver, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
062501 Rocky Mountain Dialysis (Fmc), Denver, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80211.
Compassus - Greater Denver, office in Denver, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Intermountain Health Hospice - Denver, office in Wheat Ridge, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Ovation Hospice Of Denver, office in Denver, 4.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Meadows Family Medical Center Inc, Denver. 1.1 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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: very low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very low, earthquake very 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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
How is Juniper Village - the Spearly Center staffed?
Juniper Village - the Spearly Center reports 3.02 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Juniper Village - the Spearly Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Juniper Village - the Spearly Center have?
Juniper Village - the Spearly Center is certified for 135 beds.