University Park Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-02-20. 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) 545-5321 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

University Park Care Center 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 (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 80.4/100, placing it #3497 of 14703 facilities nationally and #53 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 University Park Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 20 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 21 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 55.1%. 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 $22,653. 22 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $22,653, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 69.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, University Park Care Center ranks 3497th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 53rd out of 210 nursing homes. In Pueblo, it ranks 2nd out of 9 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,156 nationally and RN hours rank #3,277 nationally (#76 in CO). Our composite quality score of 80.4/100 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 Pueblo, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/pueblo/