Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Aurora, Colorado, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.24 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Colorado average of 2.22, and 31.6% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence
1600 S Potomac StAurora, CO 80012
Arapahoe 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 Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, nurse aides logged 2.24 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Colorado average. With about 97 residents a day, that works out to roughly 217 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.24 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.71 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.92 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.52 | 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
31.6% of nursing staff at Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 7.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Colorado average 8.6). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence holds 4 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Denver Healthcare Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 12, 1989
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Advanced Health Care of Aurora Aurora | 0.3 | 54 | 3.10 | 4.95 | 31.0% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center of Aurora Aurora | 0.9 | 166 | 2.36 | 4.16 | 27.3% | 5 | $33,222 |
| The Springs at St. Andrews Village Aurora | 1.4 | 58 | 2.11 | 3.64 | 60.0% | 3 | $14,220 |
| Hampden Hills Post Acute Aurora | 2.5 | 218 | 2.02 | 3.17 | 22.6% | 2 | None |
| University Heights Care Center Aurora · abuse citation | 2.7 | 105 | 1.69 | 2.93 | 27.7% | 3 | None |
| Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation Aurora | 3.1 | 108 | 2.07 | 3.30 | 38.5% | 2 | $2,516 |
| Highland Park Rehabilitation & Care Center Aurora | 3.2 | 110 | 2.17 | 3.60 | 40.7% | 5 | None |
| Center at Lowry, LLC Denver | 3.9 | 96 | 2.76 | 5.12 | 49.1% | 3 | $31,948 |
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.