Bear Creek Senior Living: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bear Creek Senior Living is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.72 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 33.3% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Bear Creek Senior Living
1685 S 21st StColorado Springs, CO 80904
El Paso County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bear Creek Senior Living, nurse aides logged 1.72 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Colorado average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 62 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.72 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.33 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.22 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.26 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.83 | 3.30 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.3% of nursing staff at Bear Creek Senior Living left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 23.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 11, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Colorado average 8.6). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $6,614 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Fine | $6,614 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bear Creek Senior Living holds 4 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Bear Creek Senior Living
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Stellar Bear Creek LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 2, 1999
- Changed ownership in the last 12 months
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bear Creek Senior Living
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brookdale Skyline Colorado Springs | 0.7 | 82 | 2.51 | 4.55 | 53.0% | 5 | $9,110 |
| Sundance Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Colorado Springs | 0.9 | 68 | 1.64 | 3.11 | 42.9% | 2 | $14,901 |
| Kiowa Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing, LLC Colorado Springs | 1.1 | 83 | 1.52 | 2.75 | 54.0% | 1 | None |
| The Gardens Colorado Springs | 1.8 | 45 | 1.94 | 3.04 | 56.1% | 5 | None |
| The Healthcare Resort of Colorado Springs Colorado Springs | 2.5 | 97 | 3.15 | 4.80 | 54.3% | 3 | $79,098 |
| Springs Village Care Center Colorado Springs | 2.6 | 91 | 1.77 | 3.17 | 57.0% | 2 | $26,845 |
| Medallion Post Acute Rehabilitation Colorado Springs | 3.2 | 60 | 1.85 | 3.25 | 55.6% | 1 | $86,723 |
| The Center at Centennial Colorado Springs | 3.2 | 80 | 2.51 | 4.49 | 51.6% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.