Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center is a 120-bed government-run nursing home in Walsenburg, Colorado. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.90 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 31% above the Colorado average of 2.22, and 44.3% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center
23500 Us Highway 160Walsenburg, CO 81089
Huerfano County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Cited for abuse or neglect. CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: it was cited for abuse or neglect that caused harm on its most recent inspection cycle, or for abuse or neglect with potential for harm on each of its last two cycles.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center, nurse aides logged 2.90 hours per resident per day, 31% above the Colorado average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 214 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.90 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.23 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.68 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.01 | 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
44.3% of nursing staff at Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living 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 41.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 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. Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center
- Ownership: Government - Hospital district
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 31, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Trinidad Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Trinidad · abuse citation | 35.0 | 119 | 2.26 | 3.27 | 33.8% | 2 | None |
| Life Care Center of Pueblo Pueblo | 44.1 | 187 | 2.15 | 3.82 | 35.1% | 4 | $18,685 |
| Lakeshore Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center Pueblo | 44.3 | 106 | 2.07 | 3.38 | 44.1% | 4 | None |
| Atlas Post Acute Pueblo · staffing data not validated | 45.1 | 146 | — | — | 64.6% | 3 | $39,368 |
| Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center Pueblo · abuse citation | 45.3 | 151 | 1.58 | 2.80 | 49.1% | 1 | $67,298 |
| High Plains Post Acute LLC Pueblo | 47.3 | 59 | 2.46 | 3.67 | 65.7% | 2 | $57,734 |
| Vista Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Pueblo | 49.1 | 90 | 1.85 | 3.18 | 64.2% | 3 | $41,772 |
| Pueblo Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Pueblo | 49.3 | 120 | 1.82 | 2.88 | 55.6% | 2 | $30,707 |
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.