Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living

What does CDPHE's record show for Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living in Colorado Springs?

Yes. Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living holds an active CDPHE assisted living license for 8 beds, smaller than the 31-bed midpoint of the 69 senior assisted living residences we track in El Paso and Teller counties.

As an Alternative Care Facility it can take Health First Colorado waiver residents, whose 2026 room and board is capped at $810.00 a month; certification does not guarantee an open Medicaid bed.

How many citations has Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living received?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 12 inspections at Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living with 13 citations across 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, the same as the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated March 12, 2026.

The visits CDPHE lists most recently:

Of the visits shown, 9 listed visits involved a complaint investigation. Per ten licensed beds that is about 16.2 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.

What do occurrence reports show for Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living?

CDPHE's record for Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living shows no occurrence reports in the period its public tool covers.

Ask the administrator to walk you through what would trigger a report and how families are told.

Can Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living care for a resident with dementia?

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

A residence without a secure environment can still serve people with mild memory loss; the turning point is usually leaving the building unnoticed or behavior staff cannot redirect. Larger residences nearby that families often ask about for memory care: Winslow Court Retirement Community (1.0 mi, 128 beds), Lark Springs (1.1 mi, 76 beds), The Retreat at Sunny Vista (1.3 mi, 75 beds).

If Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living has no opening, where else should we look?

The nearest other senior ALR is Enriched Assisted Living at Princeton Way in Colorado Springs, about 0.5 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 8 beds as a Medicaid-certified ACF.

How far is Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living from a hospital?

Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living is in the Knob Hill, Southeast & the Airport part of Colorado Springs, and UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is the closest general hospital on CDPHE's list, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

Penrose Hospital 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 Sunny Vista Living Center (1.3 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5) and Pikes Peak Post Acute (1.5 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).

What does Home Care at Kettles Assisted Living's record suggest asking on a tour?

Begin with what the state's record raises: 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 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.
• 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.