Brookside Assisted Living

Is Brookside Assisted Living a licensed assisted living residence in Colorado Springs, CO?

CDPHE lists Brookside Assisted Living as active under facility ID 230514 with 62 licensed beds, which makes it a sizeable community and number 27 of 69 by size in the two counties.

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.

What does Brookside Assisted Living's inspection history look like?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 16 inspections at Brookside Assisted Living with 35 citations across 2025, 2026, more than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated October 13, 2026.

The newest entries in the inspection list:

Of the visits shown, 6 listed visits involved a complaint investigation and 1 was a revisit to check corrections. Per ten licensed beds that is about 5.6 citations against a two-county median of 4.4. A citation is a rule surveyors found unmet on that visit; ask the administrator for the statement of deficiencies and the plan of correction for the latest one.

Has Brookside Assisted Living reported occurrences to CDPHE?

Brookside Assisted Living filed 28 occurrence reports with CDPHE in the years shown (2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 9, 2026: 13); the most recent listed is dated August 27, 2026, and the recent entries include physical abuse (2), missing person (2), death.

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 Brookside Assisted Living?

CDPHE's public data does not flag secure environments, so the record cannot tell you whether Brookside Assisted Living 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: The Residence at Skyway Park (0.7 mi, 68 beds), The Gardens at Broadmoor Court (0.8 mi, 72 beds), Brookdale Broadmoor (1.3 mi, 89 beds).

What other assisted living is near Brookside Assisted Living?

The nearest other senior ALR is Constant Care V Cheyenne in Colorado Springs, about 0.6 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 8 beds as a private-pay ALR.

How far is Brookside Assisted Living from a hospital?

Brookside Assisted Living is in the Downtown, Old North End & Central part of Colorado Springs, and UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is the closest general hospital on CDPHE's list, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

Penrose Hospital is next, roughly 3.7 miles off. Distances are straight-line, not driving times.

If nursing care becomes necessary, the two closest CMS-certified nursing homes are Mountain View Post Acute (1.7 mi; CMS rating 2 of 5) and Kiowa Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing (1.7 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).

What should we ask Brookside Assisted Living before signing?

Use the public record as your checklist: ask about the 35 citations on CDPHE's record and the plan of correction for the most recent visit.

• Ask what happened in the most recent occurrence report (August 27, 2026) 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.
• Ask which charges rise as care needs rise and what notice comes before a rate change.
• Ask how many Medicaid (EBD waiver) residents the residence has now and whether a waiting list exists for those beds.