Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Horizons Care Center
11411 Highway 65, Eckert, CO · (970) 835-2600
- Certified beds
- 45
- Residents per day
- 37
- Ownership
- Non-Profit
- Chain
- Volunteers Of America Senior Living
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- July 1, 1989
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How this home got 3 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Colorado.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★3 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Colorado homes
Horizons Care Center carries 60 inspection points. That is fewer than 50% of Colorado's 208 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Colorado: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–22 pts
- 4★ 22–44 pts
- 3★ 44–70.75 pts
- 2★ 70.75–104 pts
- 1★ over 104 pts
Bars show every rated home in Colorado by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
25 health citations on record since 2022. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (1)
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care9D
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation4E
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- E
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- E
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Resident Rights4E
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- D
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- E
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning4D
- D
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Infection Control2F
- F
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Nutrition and Dietary1E
- E
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspection history
2024-11-07
11 health deficiencies · 12 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (3 deficiencies)
2023-04-13
8 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (6 deficiencies)
2022-01-19
6 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (3 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 2 h 43 min of nursing staff time a day, 44 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
2 h 43 min
Colorado average
3 h 42 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 63% of nursing staff and 43% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine6.6 pts better | 100.0% | 93.4% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine0.4 pts worse | 93.3% | 93.7% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.7 pts better | 2.7% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms3.3 pts better | 5.5% | 8.8% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.7 pts better | 2.1% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication7 pts worse | 18.6% | 11.6% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication13 pts worse | 32.9% | 19.9% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened5.4 pts worse | 17.1% | 11.7% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased5.6 pts worse | 18.4% | 12.8% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.5 pts better | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.4 pts worse | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence0.2 pts better | 20.4% | 20.6% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers4.7 pts worse | 8.1% | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine22.5 pts better | 99.5% | 77.0% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit8.7 pts worse | 20.7% | 12.0% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication0.5 pts better | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine14.2 pts better | 87.8% | 73.6% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission1.1 pts better | 19.4% | 20.5% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
31 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaty, Dejernette | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Bloom, Shawn | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Budzynski, Joseph | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Budzynski, Joseph | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Chakravarty, Debashish | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Erickson, Karen | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Funk, Dory | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Funk, Dory | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Hackett, Karen | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Hackett, Karen | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Jackson, Carmen | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Jones, Ronda | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Jones, Ronda | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| King, Michael | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 7 facilities |
| Mullen, Beth | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Mullen, Beth | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Nisivoccia, David | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Nutz, Faith | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Nutz, Faith | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Paskoff, David | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Perkins, Derrick | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Perkins, Derrick | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Peterson, Jeanne | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Sheridan, Patrick | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Soczynski, Paul | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Soczynski, Paul | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Stringfellow, Janet | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Vigee, Voris | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Volunteers Of America National Services | Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Volunteers Of America National Services | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Volunteers Of America National Services | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
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Fire safety
17 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke8F
- F
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- D
Construct fire resistant interior walls.
- D
Ensure that waiting areas, nurse’s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected.
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Egress5E
- E
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- D
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
- D
Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
- D
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
- D
Meet other general requirements that are deficient.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems2F
- D
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Miscellaneous1F
- F
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Services1D
- D
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
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