Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility

What does CDPHE's record show for Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility in Colorado Springs?

CDPHE lists Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility as active under facility ID 230528 with 10 licensed beds, which makes it a small residential home and number 52 of 69 by size in the two 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 Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility received?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 3 inspections at Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility with 3 citations across 2024, 2026, fewer than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated April 1, 2026.

The newest entries in the inspection list:

Per ten licensed beds that is about 3.0 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 incidents has Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility reported to the state?

Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility filed 1 occurrence report with CDPHE in the years shown (2024: 1); the most recent listed is dated February 20, 2024, and the recent entries include missing person.

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.

Does Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility offer memory care?

CDPHE's public data does not say whether Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility 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.

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: Springs Ranch Memory Care Community (1.4 mi, 72 beds), Winslow Court Retirement Community (2.5 mi, 128 beds), Lark Springs (2.7 mi, 76 beds).

If Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility has no opening, where else should we look?

The nearest other senior ALR is Ivy Cottage in Colorado Springs, about 0.1 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 9 beds as a Medicaid-certified ACF.

Where is Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility, and how close are the hospitals?

Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility 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 5.1 miles away in a straight line.

St. Francis Hospital is next, roughly 5.4 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 (4.1 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5) and Life Care Center of Colorado Springs (4.5 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5).

Which questions matter most at Ivy Cottage Assisted Living Facility?

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 what happened in the most recent occurrence report (February 20, 2024) and what the residence changed afterward.
• Ask how many caregivers and QMAPs are on each shift, and how often agency staff fill in.
• 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.