Canon Lodge Care Center
A nursing home in Canon City, Colorado 81212
905 Harding Ave, Canon City, Colorado 81212. (719) 275-4106.
- Cited for abuse (CMS flag)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 7 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Colorado average: 8.7
- 3.47 nurse hours per resident per day Colorado average: 3.69
- 0 fines in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean7
- 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.
- 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?
7 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Colorado average is 8.7.
Last standard inspection Aug 13, 2025.
Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
12 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 12 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. 6 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 13, 2025: standard inspection6 citations
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Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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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 a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Aug 13, 2025: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Dec 4, 2024: complaint inspection5 citations
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
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Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
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Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Sep 1, 1985.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- CMS marks it with its abuse icon: cited for abuse or neglect that harmed a resident.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
- 60 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- No fines in the last three years.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 6 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
3.47 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 | 3.47 | 3.69 |
| Of which registered nurses | 1.12 | 0.81 |
| At weekends | 3.21 | 3.26 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.2% | 47% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 46.2% | 44.4% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Developers Investment Company Inc. owns 1% directly since Aug 1, 1996.
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc. and Developers Investment Company Inc. and Colorado Medical Investors LLC run it.
- 19 owners or officers are people: Forrest L Preston (owns 5% or more directly, 99%); Forrest L Preston (corporate officer); Forrest L Preston (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Terry Henry (corporate officer); Robert D Mccurry (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert D Mccurry (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Todd Fletcher (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aubrey Preston (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joan E Thurmond (corporate officer); Cindy S Cross (corporate officer); Richard Swanker (corporate officer); Derek Schmidt (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Derek Schmidt (on the governing body (managing control)); Lisa M Lay (corporate officer); James Ziegler (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jill E. Irene (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jill E. Irene (on the governing body (managing control)); Dawn H. Loveless (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Dawn H. Loveless (on the governing body (managing control)).
- Part of Life Care Centers of America (194 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Aug 1, 1996 |
| Developers Investment Company Inc. | Owns a share directly | 1% | Aug 1, 1996 |
| Developers Investment Company Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2006 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 31, 2000 | |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 28, 2025 | |
| Colorado Medical Investors LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Aug 1, 1996 | |
| Colorado Medical Investors LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 31, 2000 |
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 | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 33.7 miles, this one had the 5th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (7; the middle value was 7).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Canon Lodge Care Center This nursing home | 7 | |
| Valley View Care Center | 0.0 | 6 |
| Skyline Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 0.4 | 12 |
| Hildebrand Care Center | 0.6 | 3 |
| Progressive Care Center | 0.6 | 7 |
| Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home | 8.9 | 5 |
| Brookdale Skyline | 32.5 | 7 |
| Mountain View Post Acute | 32.7 | 12 |
| The Center at Park West LLC | 33.1 | 11 |
| Bear Creek Senior Living | 33.2 | 1 |
| Sundance Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation | 33.4 | 17 |
| The Gardens | 33.7 | 1 |
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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