Sunny Vista Living Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunny Vista Living Center is a 116-bed nonprofit nursing home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.28 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Colorado average of 2.22, and 26.5% nursing staff turnover (Colorado average 47.1%).
Sunny Vista Living Center
2445 E Cache la Poudre StColorado Springs, CO 80909
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 Sunny Vista Living Center, nurse aides logged 2.28 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Colorado average. With about 110 residents a day, that works out to roughly 251 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 4% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Colorado avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.28 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.99 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.87 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.72 | 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
26.5% of nursing staff at Sunny Vista 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 31.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. 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. Sunny Vista Living Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Colorado average is 3.1.
About Sunny Vista Living Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1989
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunny Vista Living Center
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| Advanced Health Care of Colorado Springs Colorado Springs | 0.9 | 34 | 3.21 | 5.43 | 53.3% | 5 | None |
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| Medallion Post Acute Rehabilitation Colorado Springs | 1.2 | 60 | 1.85 | 3.25 | 55.6% | 1 | $86,723 |
| Pikes Peak Post Acute Colorado Springs · abuse citation | 1.8 | 210 | 2.04 | 3.61 | 60.9% | 1 | $89,318 |
| Fountain View Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC Colorado Springs | 1.9 | 90 | 1.79 | 3.04 | 44.3% | 3 | None |
| Colonial Rehabilitation and Nursing, LLC Colorado Springs · abuse citation | 2.3 | 80 | 1.96 | 3.08 | 61.5% | 1 | $24,453 |
| Falcon Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC Colorado Springs · abuse citation | 2.7 | 107 | 2.12 | 3.05 | 47.9% | 2 | $6,146 |
| Springs Village Care Center Colorado Springs | 3.1 | 91 | 1.77 | 3.17 | 57.0% | 2 | $26,845 |
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.