Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park

What does CDPHE's record show for Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park in Colorado Springs?

CDPHE lists Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park as active under facility ID 23R508 with 70 licensed beds, which makes it a sizeable community and number 22 of 69 by size in the two counties.

Without ACF certification the residence cannot bill Health First Colorado's EBD waiver, so ask what happens if savings run low and which nearby ACFs it refers residents to.

What did CDPHE inspections of Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park find?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 6 inspections at Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park with 18 citations across 2024, 2025, 2026, more than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated August 31, 2026.

The visits CDPHE lists most recently:

Of the visits shown, 5 listed visits involved a complaint investigation. Per ten licensed beds that is about 2.6 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 Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park reported occurrences to CDPHE?

Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park filed 3 occurrence reports with CDPHE in the years shown (2023: 2, 2026: 1); the most recent listed is dated January 4, 2026, and the recent entries include misappropriation of property, physical abuse, brain injury.

Colorado requires licensed facilities to report certain events to CDPHE; the report starts the state's review and does not by itself mean the residence did something wrong. The two-county median for senior ALRs is 5 reports in the same window.

Can Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park care for a resident with dementia?

CDPHE's public data does not say whether Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park operates a secure environment, although its registered name suggests a dementia focus; under Part 25 it must give you a written disclosure of its secure area, admission criteria and dementia services 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: Rivaria Vista Grande (0.7 mi, 78 beds), Point of the Pines Gardens Assisted Living (2.2 mi, 115 beds), The Residence at Village Green (2.5 mi, 68 beds).

What other assisted living is near Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park?

The nearest other senior ALR is Garden Ranch Assisted Living in Colorado Springs, about 0.4 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 8 beds as a private-pay ALR.

How far is Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park from a hospital?

Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park 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 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

Penrose Hospital is next, roughly 3.5 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 (2.6 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5) and Pikes Peak Post Acute (2.7 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).

What does Hemsley House Assisted Living & Memory Care at University Park's record suggest asking on a tour?

Use the public record as your checklist: ask about the 18 citations on CDPHE's record and the plan of correction for the most recent visit.

• Ask what happened in the most recent occurrence report (January 4, 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.
• Take the resident agreement home and check the care-level charges, rate-increase notice and the 30-day discharge clause.