Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-12-31. 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) 738-4540 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), 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 71.8/100, placing it #7421 of 14703 facilities nationally and #134 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 Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 33 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 35 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $4,893. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $4,893, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 46.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center ranks 7421st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 134th out of 210 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,187 nationally and RN hours rank #1,049 nationally (#25 in CO). Our composite quality score of 71.8/100 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 Walsenburg, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/walsenburg/