Center at Lowry, LLC
8550 E Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230 · Denver County · (303) 676-4000
96 certified beds, about 67 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 2016
Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
3 of 5
Health inspections
2 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 065419 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 2, 2026, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Colorado average is 8.7, the national average 9.2).
Of 18 health citations since October 2022, 2 were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents (1 immediate jeopardy).
CMS lists 2 fines totaling $31,948 in the last three years; the largest was $17,933, and the latest is dated July 15, 2025.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.12 hours per resident per day, against 3.72 across Colorado and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.25 of those hours.
49.1% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Colorado average 47.1%).
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
610/22
109/23
502/24
107/25
212/25
304/26
Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 18 health citations on file.
Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
1L
Actual harm
1G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
11D
3E
1F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
1C
April 2, 2026Standard inspection · 3 citations
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews the facility failed to distribute food in a sanitary manner in the main kitchen. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure employees performed hand hygiene appropriately during meal service.
- D Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure one (#8) of nine residents out of 30 sample residents was provided services that met professional standards of quality. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure Resident #8's medications were administered in a timely manner and not left at the resident's bedside.
- D 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that all drugs and biologicals were properly stored, secured, and labeled in accordance with accepted professional standards for two of five medication carts. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure medications, such as inhalers, eye drops and tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD - a skin test antigen used to detect infection with tuberculosis) were dated when opened;-Ensure medications were not stored in a medication cup instead of a labeled medication bottle in the medication cart; and,-Ensure loose pills were not in the bottom of the medication cart drawers.
December 10, 2025Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- E Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure four (#1, #3, #2 and #4) of five residents out of 12 sample residents were provided services that met professional standards of quality. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure staff followed the physician's orders for Resident #1's anti-fungal medication;-Ensure staff followed the physician's orders for Resident #3's skin treatment; and, -Ensure staff obtained a physician's order before providing skin treatment for Resident #2 and Resident #4.
- D Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to notify the resident's physician when there was a significant change in the resident's condition for one (#1) of two residents out of 12 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to notify the physician for Resident #1 when she had slurred speech.
July 15, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents received adequate supervision to prevent accidents for one (#1) of three residents reviewed for accidents out of three sample residents. Resident #1 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses of metabolic encephalopathy (a change in how the brain works), weakness, difficulty in walking, heart failure and unspecified dementia. On 6/18/25 a nursing staff member documented Resident #1 was wandering, angry and saying he wanted to leave. The facility initiated a care plan for wandering on 6/19/25, however, the care plan did not identify the resident was at risk for elopement, despite the resident indicating he wanted to leave. The facility did not implement any interventions to prevent a potential elopement from the facility for Resident #1. [...]
February 23, 2024Standard inspection · 5 citations
- L Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure food was prepared, distributed, and served under sanitary conditions in the kitchen to prevent the spread of foodborne pathogens. I. Observations, interviews, and record review revealed the facility failed to ensure for the last several months, that cookware, drinkware, dishware, and flatware were sufficiently sanitized over the last several months. The dietary manager (DM) reported the fuse to the electrical breaker was insufficient and shorted out in the facility's high-temperature dishwashing machine on three occasions. The facility changed from a high-temperature process to a low-temperature process by making makeshift modifications to the dishwashing machine. Once converted, the machine's sprayer jets clogged on at least three additional occasions, preventing the sanitizing solution from dispensing. [...]
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews the facility failed to maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection for one of two units. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure insulin (medication used for blood sugar control) pens were cleaned prior to administration of insulin to a resident; -Ensure staff donned personal protective equipment (PPE) properly; -Ensure staff did not cause cross contamination from COVID-19 positive resident rooms; and, -Ensure visitors donned PPE prior to entering a COVID-19 positive resident room.
- D Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure two (#41 and #114) residents out of three residents received treatment and care in accordance with professional standards of practice out of 43 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to administer insulin timely per the physician orders.
- D 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interviews, the facility failed to ensure medications and biologicals were stored and labeled properly on one of three medication carts reviewed. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure nursing staff did not store medications in their pocket.
- C Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents and representatives had full access to the facility's most recent survey findings including the survey results, certifications, complaint investigations and plans of correction. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure the survey finding binder was available; -Ensure staff members were aware of where the binder was located; and, -Ensure survey documents were updated.
September 7, 2023Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure one (#15) of three residents out of 12 sample residents did not experience a significant medication error. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure that Resident #15: -Received all doses of his prescribed diuretic medication; and, -Received the correct dose of the diuretic medication.
October 27, 2022Standard inspection · 6 citations
- E 1) Protect residents from being forced to work at the nursing home, or 2) let residents work if they want to.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record review, facility policy review, and facility document review, the facility failed to ensure residents were allowed to choose whether to perform services for which the facility was responsible for 3 (Resident #44, Resident #102, and Resident #35) of 3 sampled residents who were interviewed about the facility's services during a Resident Council meeting. Specifically, the facility required residents (or their families) perform laundry services for which the facility was responsible.
- D Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that before a resident was allowed the opportunity to self-administer medications, the interdisciplinary team (IDT) conducted an assessment to determine if the resident could safely and accurately do so and a physician order for self-administration was obtained for 1 (Resident #14) of 1 sampled resident reviewed for self-administration of medications.
- D Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview, record review, document review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a resident was free from misappropriation of personal belongings for 1 (Resident #105) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for misappropriation. Specifically, the facility's Social Worker (SW) gave Resident #105's personal belongings to an unidentified visitor without confirming the person's identity or obtaining the resident's permission.
- D Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to notify the resident and the resident's representative in writing and provide a copy of the written notice to the long-term care ombudsman when a resident was transferred to the hospital for 1 (Resident #21) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for hospitalization.
- D Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to provide written information regarding the facility's bed-hold policy to a resident and their representative when the resident was transferred to the hospital for 1 (Resident #21) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for hospitalization.
- D Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a resident who required extensive assistance with personal hygiene was regularly offered trimming or shaving of facial hair to maintain good grooming and hygiene for 1 (Resident #38) of 2 sampled residents reviewed for activities of daily living (ADLs).
Fire safety inspections
19 fire safety citations on file: 6 on April 2, 2026, 7 on February 23, 2024, 6 on October 27, 2022.
Every fire safety citation19 citations
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- E Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- D Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- D Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- F Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- F Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
- F Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- E Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
- D Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- D Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- D Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- D Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Fines and payment denials
| Date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, 2025 | Fine | $14,015 |
| February 23, 2024 | Fine | $17,933 |
A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions for that period.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 5.12 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.25 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 4.42 | 3.29 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.76 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.11 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 49.1% | 47.1% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 50.0% | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.56 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.40 on weekdays and 4.42 on weekends, 18% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 6.9% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.53 in April to June 2025 to 5.12 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 5.12 | 1.25 | 5.40 | 4.42 | 6.9% | 0 of 90 | 67 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 4.73 | 1.14 | 4.97 | 4.11 | 6.5% | 0 of 92 | 75 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 4.83 | 1.09 | 5.17 | 3.96 | 6.1% | 0 of 92 | 72 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 4.53 | 0.91 | 4.80 | 3.87 | 1.0% | 0 of 91 | 76 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Colorado, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.59 | 0.76 | 3.75 | 3.18 | 5.9% | 0.2% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Colorado | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 25.1 | 20.3 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 7.5 | 12.1 | 12.0 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: Legal Business Name Not Available.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership data not available |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 6 problems in this area, most recently on December 10, 2025: "Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident."
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on April 2, 2026: "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."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on July 15, 2025: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 2, 2026: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
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Colorado contacts for a concern about a nursing home
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- Inspections and complaints: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Colorado State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 303-862-3524. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: Find and compare facilities, where Colorado publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Center at Lowry, LLC's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Center at Lowry, LLC 3 out of 5 stars overall, with 2 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Center at Lowry, LLC get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 2, 2026. The Colorado average is 8.7.
- Has Center at Lowry, LLC been fined?
- Yes. CMS lists 2 fines totaling $31,948 in the last three years.
- Does Center at Lowry, LLC accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Center at Lowry, LLC?
- CMS lists 1 owner or manager. Legal business name: Legal Business Name Not Available.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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