Nursing home
Sunny Vista Living Center
2445 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 116 certified beds
Sunny Vista Living Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, above the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Jul 24, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Sunny Vista Living 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) | 3.79 | 3.70 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.83 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.20 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 48.6% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the July 24, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 6, 2025
What inspectors found at Sunny Vista Living 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
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 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 4, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 4, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 30, 2023 · 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 · Nov 30, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 30, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 11, 2022
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
- 2445 E Cache La Poudre St
Colorado Springs, CO 80909 - CMS certification #
- 065254
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 116
- Avg residents/day
- 111.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-09-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Sunny Vista Living Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, transportation, pets allowed
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2015
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Sunny Vista Living 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.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Including call button systems in our assisted living and skilled nursing neighborhoods, and Egress devices that keeps our residents safe within our Memory Care neighborhood.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Scheduled transportation
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Sunny Vista allows pets that are appropriate for apartment home living.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
Each of Sunny Vista’s neighborhoods – The Retreat, The Living Center, and The Villa – feature open floor plans with tasteful design.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Community fee: charged.
Community Fee
(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 Oct 31, 2015 to Oct 30, 2017. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Sunny Vista Living Center. Case 1836409.
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.
- Aug 13, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 3, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunny Vista Living Center.
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
- Uch-Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs. 1.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Advanced Health Care of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Ahc Home Health & Hospice Of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80909 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Pikes Peak Dialysis Center, Colorado Springs, 1.0 mile away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
062566 Liberty Dialysis Colorado Springs Central (Fmc), Colorado Springs, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
062564 Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs South (Fmc), Colorado Springs, 1.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80909.
Ahc Home Health And Hospice Of Colorado Springs, office in Colorado Springs, 1.0 mile away, straight line
Mountain Ridge Hospice, LLC, office in Colorado Springs, 2.6 miles away, straight line
Enhabit Hospice, office in Colorado Springs, 5.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, Woodland Park. 18.2 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: inland flooding very low, tornado relatively low, 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
Is Sunny Vista Living Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Sunny Vista Living Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Sunny Vista Living Center staffed?
Sunny Vista Living Center reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Sunny Vista Living Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Sunny Vista Living Center have?
Sunny Vista Living Center is certified for 116 beds.