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San Luis Care Center

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240 Craft Dr, Alamosa, CO 81101 (opens Google Maps) · Alamosa County · (719) 589-9081· 70 certified beds · avg 53 residents/day · certified since Mar 25, 1988 · Medicare and Medicaid certified

Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →

Part of chain: LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA (194 facilities, chain avg rating 3.4★)

4/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Jun 19, 2024
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
4.11
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

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Health inspection rating: ★★★★☆4/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5 · how star ratings work →

⚠ The most recent standard health inspection was more than 2 years ago — conditions may have changed.

The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.

Inspection findings in the public record

Showing the latest 3 of 12 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.

  1. F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread

    The facility did not conduct and document a facility-wide assessment of what staff, supplies, and resources it needs to care for its residents properly — during everyday operations, nights, weekends, and emergencies. F-0838

  2. E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

    The facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. F-0947

  3. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. F-0582

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CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.

DateSeverityWhat the facility was cited for
Jun 19, 2024F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadThe facility did not conduct and document a facility-wide assessment of what staff, supplies, and resources it needs to care for its residents properly — during everyday operations, nights, weekends, and emergencies. · F-0838
Jun 19, 2024E · Potential for more than minimal harm, patternThe facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. · F-0947
Jun 19, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. · F-0582
Jun 19, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. · F-0656
Jun 19, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide safe and appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. · F-0697
Jun 19, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide safe, appropriate care for residents who need dialysis — the treatment that filters the blood when kidneys fail. · F-0698
Feb 26, 2020E · Potential for more than minimal harm, patternThe facility did not honor residents' right to form and take part in resident or family groups, such as a resident council. · F-0565
Feb 26, 2020D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · F-0657
Feb 7, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · F-0677
Feb 7, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · F-0689
Feb 7, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide or arrange dental services for its residents. Nursing homes are responsible for making sure residents can get dental care. · F-0791
Feb 7, 2019D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not make sure special medical diets — like low-sodium or diabetic diets — were properly ordered by the resident's doctor or managed by a qualified dietitian as state law allows. · F-0808

Inspection trend by year

Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (2 → 6).

Citations by recorded inspection yearPublished citation counts, not a quality score · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2019
All citations: 4
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2020
All citations: 2
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2024
All citations: 6
Serious citations (G–L): 0

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

YearCitationsSerious (G–L)Worst severity that year
201940D
202020E
202460F

Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.

Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)

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No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

What these staffing numbers mean →

Nurse time, in contextAdjusted hours per resident per day · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
This facilityColorado averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 4.11
Colorado average: 3.89
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 0.97
Colorado average: 0.86
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 3.49
Colorado average: 3.44
U.S. average: 3.50

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

MeasureThis facilityColorado avgU.S. avgWhere it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)4.113.893.95top 31% in Colorado; top 35% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours0.970.860.69top 30% in Colorado; top 17% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing3.493.443.50top 37% in Colorado; top 43% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)0.490.610.48bottom 41% in Colorado; top 34% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)30.447.145.8top 11% in Colorado; top 15% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)30.044.642.9top 21% in Colorado; top 29% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.49, RN 0.82, weekend 2.96.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.49 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 4/5.

Quality measures: assessments & claims

Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.

Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: 3/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5

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Who owns this facility

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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →

For profit - Limited Liability company

Owner / managerTypeRoleStakeSince
Developers Investment Company INCOrganizationDirect Ownership InterestNOT APPLICABLE05/07/1996
Preston, ForrestIndividualDirect Ownership InterestNOT APPLICABLE05/07/1996
Preston, ForrestIndividualIndirect Ownership InterestNOT APPLICABLE05/07/1996
Baroz, KendraIndividualManaging Control - Governing BodyNOT APPLICABLE11/27/2023
Baroz, KendraIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE11/27/2023
Baroz, KendraIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2026
Colorado Medical Investors LLCOrganizationOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE08/01/1996
Colorado Medical Investors LLCOrganizationADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE08/31/2000
Cross, CindyIndividualCorporate OfficerNOT APPLICABLE08/01/1996
Developers Investment Company INCOrganizationOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2006
Fletcher, ToddIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE12/13/2024
Franco, MarkIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE09/12/2025
Henry, TerryIndividualCorporate OfficerNOT APPLICABLE08/16/1999
Lay, LisaIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE04/24/2017
Lay, LisaIndividualCorporate OfficerNOT APPLICABLE02/09/2018
Life Care Centers of America, INC.OrganizationOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE08/01/1996
Life Care Centers of America, INC.OrganizationADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE03/27/2026
Owsley, MeganIndividualManaging Control - Governing BodyNOT APPLICABLE01/11/2023
Owsley, MeganIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE01/11/2023
Preston, AubreyIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE12/13/2024

Showing 20 of 30 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 10 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.

Other facilities in the same chain

CMS lists this facility under the chain Life Care Centers of America — 194 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.

Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 193 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.

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  • "How do you decide you have enough staff and resources for your resident population, including nights and weekends?"
  • "What specific training do your nurse aides complete in dementia care and abuse prevention, and how often is it refreshed?"
  • "Before any service that isn't covered by Medicare or Medicaid, how will you notify us and get our agreement?"
  • "Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"
  • "How do you assess and manage residents' pain, especially for those who have trouble communicating?"
  • "How do you coordinate and monitor care for residents who receive dialysis?"
  • "Does your facility have an active resident council, and how does management respond to its concerns?"
  • "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"

Also worth asking anywhere

  • "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
  • "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
  • "CMS reports 30% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
  • "The ownership record on file lists 30 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
  • "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

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Rock Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center14.4 miMonte Vista, CO★☆☆☆☆2/5abuse
Rio Grande Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center15.4 miLa Jara, CO★☆☆☆☆1/5abuse

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 065239.

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