San Luis Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
San Luis Care Center is a 70-bed for-profit nursing home in Alamosa, Colorado, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.97 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Colorado average of 2.22, and 30.4% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
San Luis Care Center
240 Craft DrAlamosa, CO 81101
Alamosa 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 San Luis Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.97 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Colorado average. With about 53 residents a day, that works out to roughly 103 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.97 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.49 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.96 | 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
30.4% of nursing staff at San Luis Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Colorado average of 47.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 19, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. San Luis Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About San Luis Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Colorado Medical Investors LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 25, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near San Luis Care Center
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| Evergreen Nursing Home Alamosa · abuse citation · many days without an RN | 0.6 | 60 | 2.22 | 3.34 | 30.0% | 2 | $20,150 |
| Colorado Veterans Community Living Ctr at Homelake Monte Vista | 13.3 | 60 | 3.20 | 5.08 | 23.7% | 5 | None |
| Rock Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Monte Vista · abuse citation · staffing data not validated | 14.4 | 60 | — | — | — | 1 | $37,103 |
| Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center La Jara · abuse citation | 15.4 | 60 | 2.28 | 3.48 | 42.9% | 1 | $54,946 |
| River Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Del Norte · abuse citation | 28.7 | 60 | 1.69 | 2.79 | 46.8% | 2 | None |
| Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center Walsenburg · abuse citation | 58.7 | 120 | 2.90 | 4.68 | 44.3% | 3 | None |
| Pine Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Pagosa Springs | 67.1 | 60 | 1.41 | 2.59 | 56.3% | 3 | $19,750 |
| Bruce McCandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home Florence · abuse citation | 74.7 | 105 | 1.92 | 3.77 | 60.0% | 1 | $52,988 |
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.