Cedars Healthcare Center
A nursing home in Lakewood, Colorado 80214
1599 Ingalls St, Lakewood, Colorado 80214. (303) 232-3551.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 15 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Colorado average: 8.7
- 3.05 nurse hours per resident per day Colorado average: 3.69
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
15 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Colorado average is 8.7.
Last standard inspection Jun 11, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Jul 16, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
25 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 25 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 11 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jun 11, 2026: standard inspection13 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jun 11, 2026: standard and complaint inspection2 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Jul 16, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Aug 20, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Mar 19, 2024: standard inspection1 citation
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Mar 19, 2024: standard and complaint inspection6 citations
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Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 27, 1984.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
- 130 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $15,759 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 11 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 | Fine | $15,759 |
Who does the caring?
3.05 nurse hours per resident per day
The Colorado average is 3.69.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Colorado average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.05 | 3.69 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.81 |
| At weekends | 2.97 | 3.26 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.6% | 47% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 9.1% | 44.4% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Sptmnr Properties Trust owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2024.
- Diversified Healthcare Trust and Stellar Senior Living B LLC and Snh Trs, Inc. and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. and Blackrock Inc. and Sptmnr Properties Trust and Stellar V LLC and Snh Proj Lincoln Trs LLC and Flat Footed LLC and Abp Trust and Vanguard Group Inc. and Snh Trs Licensee Holdco LLC and H/2 Special Opportunities IV L.P. and D.e. Shaw & Co., L.P. and Stellar Cedars Management LLC run it.
- 22 owners or officers are people: Adam D Portnoy (corporate director, 100%); Christopher J. Bilotto (corporate officer, 100%); Christopher J. Bilotto (corporate director, 100%); Jennifer B Clark (corporate officer, 100%); Matthew C. Brown (corporate officer, 100%); Adam D Portnoy (owns 5% or more through other companies, 9.67%); Adam D Portnoy (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Adam D Portnoy (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Christopher J. Bilotto (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Christopher J. Bilotto (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jennifer B Clark (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jennifer B Clark (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Matthew C. Brown (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Matthew C. Brown (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Reza S Esfahani (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Reza S Esfahani (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Marissa Lynn Branson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Marissa Lynn Branson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Evrett Benton (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Evrett Benton (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Scott Makelky (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Scott Makelky (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Stellar Senior Living (7 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- A real-estate investment trust is among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversified Healthcare Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2020 |
| Snh Trs, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2020 |
| Sptmnr Properties Trust | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jan 1, 2024 |
| Snh Proj Lincoln Trs LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2024 |
| Snh Trs Licensee Holdco LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2020 |
| Flat Footed LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 9.77% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Abp Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 9.67% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 8.35% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Blackrock Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 7.77% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| H/2 Special Opportunities IV L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.2% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.97% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| D.e. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.73% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Diversified Healthcare Trust | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| Stellar Senior Living B LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Aug 1, 2021 | |
| Stellar Senior Living B LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| Snh Trs, Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Blackrock Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Sptmnr Properties Trust | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2024 | |
| Sptmnr Properties Trust | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2024 | |
| Stellar V LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Aug 1, 2021 | |
| Stellar V LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| Snh Proj Lincoln Trs LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2024 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| Flat Footed LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Abp Trust | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Snh Trs Licensee Holdco LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| H/2 Special Opportunities IV L.P. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| D.e. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| Stellar Cedars Management LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Aug 1, 2021 | |
| Stellar Cedars Management LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | May 28, 2026 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Colorado average 4.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 1.9 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (15; the middle value was 9).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Cedars Healthcare Center This nursing home | 15 | |
| Edgewater Health and Rehabilitation | 0.1 | 6 |
| Cambridge Care Center | 0.1 | 6 |
| Sierra Post Acute | 0.2 | 11 |
| Harmony Pointe Care Center | 1.1 | 17 |
| Wheatridge Care Center | 1.2 | 10 |
| Western Hills Health Care Center | 1.6 | 12 |
| Sloan’s Lake Rehabilitation Center | 1.6 | 1 |
| Allison Care Center | 1.6 | 8 |
| Mapleton Post Acute | 1.6 | 5 |
| Oakwood Care and Rehabilitation | 1.7 | 16 |
| The Rehabilitation Center at Sandalwood | 1.9 | 4 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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