Nursing home
Liberty Heights
12205 Gunstock Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80921 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Senior Lifestyle (2 facilities) · 42 certified beds
Liberty Heights is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.47 hours per resident per day, above the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Jul 16, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Liberty Heights 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) | 4.47 | 3.70 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.27 | 0.83 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.17 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 18.8% | 48.6% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | above 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.
What inspectors found at Liberty Heights
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 7, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 13, 2023
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
- 12205 Gunstock Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80921 - CMS certification #
- 065305
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 42
- Avg residents/day
- 34.7
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1992-10-15
- Chain
- Senior Lifestyle (2 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Senior Lifestyle
Senior Lifestyle operates 2 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Senior Lifestyle 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
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed, secured outdoor area
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Liberty Heights says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Francis Hospital - Interquest, Colorado Springs. 4.0 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Center at Cordera, LLC, Colorado Springs. 4.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Maxim Healthcare Services Inc, Colorado Springs. 3.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Professional Pharmacy. 3.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80921 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 062563 Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs North (Fmc), Colorado Springs, 6.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita North Colorado Springs Dialysis, Colorado Springs, 6.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
062594-Liberty Dialysis-Colorado Springs West, Colorado Springs, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80921.
Abode Hospice Of Colorado, office in Colorado Springs, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Gentiva I, office in Colorado Springs, 5.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Brighton Hospice Colorado Springs LLC, office in Colorado Springs, 6.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, Woodland Park. 14.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Colorado Springs, CO, risk to homes is greater than 86% of communities in Colorado and 96% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively high, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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
Is Liberty Heights a good nursing home?
CMS gives Liberty Heights an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Liberty Heights staffed?
Liberty Heights reports 4.47 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Liberty Heights had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Liberty Heights have?
Liberty Heights is certified for 42 beds.