Bear Creek Senior Living is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1999-12-02. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (719) 329-1774 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bear Creek Senior Living holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.9/100, placing it #10381 of 14703 facilities nationally and #165 of 210 in Colorado. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Bear Creek Senior Living receives a reported average of 3 hours 22 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 13 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 21 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 58 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,614. 13 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,614, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bear Creek Senior Living ranks 10381st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 165th out of 210 nursing homes. In Colorado Springs, it ranks 11th out of 20 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,392 nationally and RN hours rank #1,107 nationally (#28 in CO). Our composite quality score of 64.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Colorado Springs, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/colorado-springs/