The Retreat at Sunny Vista

Is The Retreat at Sunny Vista a licensed assisted living residence in Colorado Springs, CO?

Yes. The Retreat at Sunny Vista holds an active CDPHE assisted living license for 75 beds, larger than the 31-bed midpoint of the 69 senior assisted living residences we track in El Paso and Teller 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 The Retreat at Sunny Vista find?

CDPHE's Find and Compare record shows 10 inspections at The Retreat at Sunny Vista with 25 citations across 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, more than the median of 13 citations for senior ALRs in the two counties; the most recent visit listed is dated October 20, 2026.

The visits CDPHE lists most recently:

Of the visits shown, 10 listed visits involved a complaint investigation. Per ten licensed beds that is about 3.3 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 The Retreat at Sunny Vista?

The Retreat at Sunny Vista filed 57 occurrence reports with CDPHE in the years shown (2023: 17, 2024: 12, 2025: 11, 2026: 17); the most recent listed is dated July 20, 2026, and the recent entries include physical abuse (4), death.

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.

Is there a secure dementia unit at The Retreat at Sunny Vista?

CDPHE's public data does not flag secure environments, so the record cannot tell you whether The Retreat at Sunny Vista 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: The Bridge Assisted Lvg at Life Care Ctr of Co Springs (1.1 mi, 65 beds), Winslow Court Retirement Community (1.6 mi, 128 beds), Mackenzie Place - Colorado Springs (2.0 mi, 84 beds).

Which licensed ALRs are closest to The Retreat at Sunny Vista?

The nearest other senior ALR is Medallion Villas in Colorado Springs, about 0.9 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 44 beds as a Medicaid-certified ACF.

What health care is near The Retreat at Sunny Vista in Colorado Springs?

The Retreat at Sunny Vista 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 1.0 miles away in a straight line.

Penrose Hospital is next, roughly 2.4 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 (0.0 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5) and Medallion Post Acute Rehabilitation (0.9 mi; CMS rating 2 of 5).

A nursing facility shares this campus: Sunny Vista Living Center. On a shared campus a resident can often move between levels of care without changing communities.

Which questions matter most at The Retreat at Sunny Vista?

Use the public record as your checklist: ask about the 25 citations on CDPHE's record and the plan of correction for the most recent visit.

• Ask what happened in the most recent occurrence report (July 20, 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.