Life Care Center of Evergreen: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Evergreen is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Evergreen, Colorado, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 37.5% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Life Care Center of Evergreen
2987 Bergen Peak DrEvergreen, CO 80439
Jefferson 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 Life Care Center of Evergreen, nurse aides logged 2.03 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Colorado average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 116 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.03 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.06 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.71 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.25 | 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
37.5% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Evergreen left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 15, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Life Care Center of Evergreen holds 4 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Life Care Center of Evergreen
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Evergreen Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 30, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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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.