Colorado Springs Senior AdvisorBriargate House at 8320 Sutterfield Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 is an assisted living residence that is also certified as a Medicaid Alternative Care Facility (ACF) licensed by CDPHE for 8 beds under facility ID 23G932; CDPHE's record shows 4 inspections and 3 citations in roughly the last three years.
How large is Briargate House, and what kind of license does it hold?
CDPHE lists Briargate House as active under facility ID 23G932 with 8 licensed beds, which makes it a small residential home and number 58 of 69 by size in the two counties.
| Field | From CDPHE |
|---|---|
| CDPHE facility ID | 23G932 |
| License category (CDPHE) | Assisted Living Residence/Alternative Care Facility (Medicaid) |
| Licensed beds | 8 |
| Payor sources listed | Medicaid, Private Pay |
| Licensee / owner on the record | BRAINCARE LLC |
| Phone on the CDPHE record | (719) 217-8850 |
| County | El Paso County |
The ACF code means the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has certified it to serve EBD waiver members; ask how many Medicaid residents it accepts and whether a private-pay resident who spends down can stay.
How many citations has Briargate House received?
CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 4 inspections at Briargate House with 3 citations across 2023, 2024, 2026, fewer than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated June 29, 2026.
| Year | Inspections | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
The newest entries in the inspection list:
| Date | Type of visit |
|---|---|
| 6/29/2026 | Licensure (Re-licensure) |
| 12/9/2024 | Licensure and Licensure Complaint (Combined) |
| 12/9/2024 | State Certificationand State Certification Complaint (Combined) |
| 8/8/2023 | Revisit: Licensure (Re-licensure) |
Of the visits shown, 2 listed visits involved a complaint investigation and 1 was a revisit to check corrections. Per ten licensed beds that is about 3.8 citations against a two-county median of 4.4. Read the counts as a pattern rather than a grade, and ask to see the most recent survey and how each citation was corrected.
Has Briargate House reported occurrences to CDPHE?
Briargate House filed 1 occurrence report with CDPHE in the years shown (2025: 1); the most recent listed is dated April 29, 2025, and the recent entries include physical abuse.
| Date | Occurrence type reported |
|---|---|
| 4/29/2025 | Physical Abuse |
An occurrence report is the facility's own required notice to the state about an event such as a fall with injury, a missing resident or an allegation of abuse; it is not a finding that the facility was at fault. The two-county median for senior ALRs is 5 reports in the same window.
Is there a secure dementia unit at Briargate House?
CDPHE's public data does not flag secure environments, so the record cannot tell you whether Briargate House has one; ask for the Part 25.4 disclosure, which any Colorado ALR that restricts residents' exit must provide before move-in.
Ask how many residents the secure area serves, who is inside it overnight, and what behavior would lead the residence to ask a resident with dementia to move. Larger residences nearby that families often ask about for memory care: Legend of Colorado Springs (0.5 mi, 103 beds), Rivaria Vista Grande (2.7 mi, 78 beds), Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park (3.0 mi, 70 beds).
What other assisted living is near Briargate House?
The nearest other senior ALR is Legend of Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, about 0.5 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 103 beds as a private-pay ALR.
| Facility | Miles away | License type | Licensed beds | Citations (about 3 yrs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legend of Colorado Springs 2368 Research Prky, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 | 0.5 | ALR | 103 | 14 |
| New Day Cottages at Turner 1577 Turner Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 | 0.9 | ALR/ACF | 11 | 4 |
| Brookdale Briargate 7560 Lexington Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 | 1.4 | ALR | 50 | 13 |
| Owen-Larson Hope Home 9020 Charity Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 | 1.6 | ALR | 5 | 7 |
| Rivaria Vista Grande 2780 Vickers Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 | 2.7 | ALR | 78 | 9 |
What health care is near Briargate House in Colorado Springs?
Briargate House is in the Briargate, Stetson Hills & Powers part of Colorado Springs, and UCHealth Memorial Hospital North is the closest general hospital on CDPHE's list, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
St. Francis Hospital-Interquest is next, roughly 2.7 miles off. Distances are straight-line, not driving times.
If nursing care becomes necessary, the two closest CMS-certified nursing homes are The Center at Cordera (2.9 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Liberty Heights (3.8 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5).
Which questions matter most at Briargate House?
Let CDPHE's data set the agenda: ask for the most recent CDPHE survey report and the plan of correction, even though the citation count is not high for the area.
- Ask what happened in the most recent occurrence report (April 29, 2025) and what the residence changed afterward.
- Ask for a sample week of staff schedules and count who is awake overnight; Colorado sets no ratio, so the schedule is the evidence.
- Ask whether the residence operates a secure environment and, if so, for its written Part 25.4 disclosure.
- Take the resident agreement home and check the care-level charges, rate-increase notice and the 30-day discharge clause.
- Ask how many Medicaid (EBD waiver) residents the residence has now and whether a waiting list exists for those beds.
CDPHE record for this residence: Find and Compare, facility 23G932.
