Garden Ranch Assisted Living

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

Garden Ranch Assisted Living is on CDPHE's active list of assisted living residences with 8 beds; the typical senior ALR in the Pikes Peak region is licensed for 31, so this is a small residential home.

This is a private-pay license. If Medicaid may be needed within a few years, compare it with ACF-certified residences nearby before moving in.

How many citations has Garden Ranch Assisted Living received?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 4 inspections at Garden Ranch Assisted Living with 5 citations across 2023, 2025, 2026, fewer than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated October 14, 2026.

Most recent inspection entries on the record:

Of the visits shown, 1 listed visit involved a complaint investigation and 1 was a revisit to check corrections. Per ten licensed beds that is about 6.2 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.

What incidents has Garden Ranch Assisted Living reported to the state?

Garden Ranch Assisted Living filed 1 occurrence report with CDPHE in the years shown (2026: 1); the most recent listed is dated August 18, 2026, and the recent entries include missing person.

Reports come from the residence itself, so a building that reports carefully can show more of them. Ask what happened in the most recent ones and what changed afterward. The two-county median for senior ALRs is 5 reports in the same window.

Does Garden Ranch Assisted Living offer memory care?

CDPHE's public data does not flag secure environments, so the record cannot tell you whether Garden Ranch Assisted Living has one; ask for the Part 25.4 disclosure, which any Colorado ALR that restricts residents' exit must provide before move-in.

If it does, Colorado requires at least one trained, awake staff member in the secure area at all times, six hours of dementia training for each staff member within 60 days, and a secured outdoor space with a six-foot barrier. Larger residences nearby that families often ask about for memory care: Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park (0.4 mi, 70 beds), Rivaria Vista Grande (0.9 mi, 78 beds), The Residence at Village Green (2.2 mi, 68 beds).

If Garden Ranch Assisted Living has no opening, where else should we look?

The nearest other senior ALR is Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park in Colorado Springs, about 0.4 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 70 beds as a private-pay ALR.

How far is Garden Ranch Assisted Living from a hospital?

Garden Ranch Assisted Living is in the Briargate, Stetson Hills & Powers part of Colorado Springs, and UCHealth Grandview Hospital is the closest general hospital on CDPHE's list, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

Penrose Hospital is next, roughly 3.2 miles off. Distances are straight-line, not driving times.

If nursing care becomes necessary, the two closest CMS-certified nursing homes are Colonial Rehabilitation and Nursing (2.3 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5) and Pikes Peak Post Acute (2.4 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).

What should we ask Garden Ranch Assisted Living before signing?

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 (August 18, 2026) and what the residence changed afterward.
• Ask who gives medications on nights and weekends, and whether a nurse reviews the medication records.
• Ask whether the residence operates a secure environment and, if so, for its written Part 25.4 disclosure.
• Read the full price list and how care levels are assessed before signing; ask how often levels are re-assessed.