Melody Living of Colorado Springs

Is Melody Living of Colorado Springs a licensed assisted living residence in Colorado Springs, CO?

Melody Living of Colorado Springs is on CDPHE's active list of assisted living residences with 102 beds; the typical senior ALR in the Pikes Peak region is licensed for 31, so this is one of the region's large communities.

CDPHE's coding shows no Medicaid ACF certification, so plan on private funds, long-term care insurance or VA pension here; a resident who later needs Medicaid would usually have to move to an ACF.

How many citations has Melody Living of Colorado Springs received?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 3 inspections at Melody Living of Colorado Springs with 4 citations across 2025, 2026, fewer than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated August 25, 2026.

The visits CDPHE lists most recently:

Of the visits shown, 2 listed visits involved a complaint investigation and 1 was a revisit to check corrections. Per ten licensed beds that is about 0.4 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 Melody Living of Colorado Springs reported to the state?

Melody Living of Colorado Springs filed 7 occurrence reports with CDPHE in the years shown (2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2026: 3); the most recent listed is dated August 9, 2026, and the recent entries include physical abuse (2), misappropriation of property, brain injury, missing person.

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.

Does Melody Living of Colorado Springs offer memory care?

CDPHE's public data does not flag secure environments, so the record cannot tell you whether Melody Living of Colorado Springs 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 Ivy Colorado Springs (1.6 mi, 109 beds), Rivaria Vista Grande (3.9 mi, 78 beds), Legend of Colorado Springs (4.0 mi, 103 beds).

Which licensed ALRs are closest to Melody Living of Colorado Springs?

The nearest other senior ALR is The Ivy Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, about 1.6 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 109 beds as a private-pay ALR.

Where is Melody Living of Colorado Springs, and how close are the hospitals?

Melody Living of Colorado Springs is in the Briargate, Stetson Hills & Powers part of Colorado Springs, and St. Francis Hospital is the closest general hospital on CDPHE's list, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line.

UCHealth Memorial Hospital North is next, roughly 2.9 miles off. Distances are straight-line, not driving times.

If nursing care becomes necessary, the two closest CMS-certified nursing homes are The Center at Cordera (1.7 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Liberty Heights (6.3 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5).

Which questions matter most at Melody Living of Colorado Springs?

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 (August 9, 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.