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CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
Brookside Inn is a 126-bed skilled nursing and memory care community in Castle Rock, Colorado. The facility is privately owned and operated by Devona Schumann and provides skilled nursing, post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, Alzheimer’s care, and respite services to residents in Douglas County. It accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.
CMS rates Brookside Inn at 2 stars overall, mainly because of its Health Inspection score, which is 28.6% below the Colorado average. Since 2021, the facility has had a total of 16 citations across four inspections — an average of 4 per inspection compared to the state’s mean of 5.2. This places the facility 59th out of 182 Colorado skilled nursing facilities on that measure.
Of the 16 citations, 14 came from standard inspections and 2 from complaint investigations. The citation breakdown includes 6 in Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation (38%), 3 in Quality of Life & Care, 2 in Resident Rights, 1 in Infection Control, and 1 in Administration. None reached critical severity; 2 were classified serious and 14 moderate. A single $1,000 civil money penalty was assessed on March 6, 2025 — well below Colorado’s average fine of $40,000 among facilities with penalties.
Staffing is the facility’s genuine strength. Total nursing hours run 4 hours and 40 minutes per resident per day — 21% above the Colorado average of 3 hours and 51 minutes, ranked 23rd of 177 Colorado SNFs. Nurse aide hours are 2 hours and 31 minutes per day, above the state average of 2 hours and 12 minutes. Weekend total nursing holds at 4 hours and 8 minutes, 27% above the state figure. The 4-star CMS Staffing rating reflects consistent direct-care investment.
Brookside operates a Clinical Recovery Program, Alzheimer’s Care track, and dedicated Therapy Services alongside its post-acute rehabilitation pathway. Culinary Services and Complementary and Alternative Modalities round out the lifestyle offering. An average length of stay of roughly 3.7 years and a 94% occupancy rate — well above the Colorado average of 76.5% — indicate stable, ongoing demand.
Families who are evaluating Brookside Inn should ask directly about the citations since 2021, the civic money penalty issued in March 2025, and what changes were made after those issues before making a placement decision.
The Overall CMS Rating combines results from health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Health inspections carry the most weight. Staffing and quality scores can increase or decrease the final rating based on performance compared to state and national standards.
Based on the results of the facility's three most recent standard inspections and any complaint investigations. CMS reviews the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies, with more recent findings weighted more heavily.
Measures average nursing staff hours per resident per day, including Registered Nurses (RNs) and total nursing staff. Ratings are adjusted based on the level of care residents require and are compared to state and national benchmarks.
Based on clinical and physical health indicators reported to CMS, such as hospital readmissions, falls, pressure ulcers, and improvements in mobility. These measures reflect how well residents' health needs are being managed.
Daily nursing hours per resident by staff type, reported to CMS. Higher is generally better — compare this facility to state and national averages to see where staffing stands.
This home is ranked 23rd out of 177 homes in Colorado for nurse hours. Total adjusted nursing hours per resident per day, combining RN, LPN, and aide time. CMS adjusts this for case-mix so facilities can be fairly compared.
| Staff type | Hours / Day / Resident | vs state avg |
|---|---|---|
|
Registered Nurse (RN)
RNs hold the highest nursing license and can assess residents, interpret test results, and direct care plans. More RN hours per day often signals stronger clinical oversight and faster response to health changes.
| 46m per day | ▼ 8% State avg: 50m per day · National avg: 41m per day |
|
LPN / LVN
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) deliver routine hands-on care — medication administration, wound dressing, and monitoring vital signs. They work under RN supervision and make up a large share of daily bedside care.
| 39m per day | ▼ 5% State avg: 41m per day · National avg: 52m per day |
|
Nurse Aide
Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) provide the most direct day-to-day assistance: bathing, dressing, feeding, and mobility. Nurse aide hours are typically the largest staffing category and directly affect residents' quality of life.
| 2h 31m per day | ▲ 14% State avg: 2h 12m per day · National avg: 2h 20m per day |
|
Weekend Total Nursing
Combined nursing hours (RN + LPN + Nurse Aide) per resident per day on weekends. Staffing often drops on weekends — this figure reveals whether the facility maintains adequate coverage outside of weekday hours.
| 4h 8m per day | ▲ 27% State avg: 3h 16m per day · National avg: 3h 26m per day |
|
Physical Therapist
Hours per resident per day provided by licensed Physical Therapists (PTs) or PT Assistants. PT services help residents recover mobility after injury or illness and are especially important for post-acute (short-stay) rehabilitation.
| 3m per day | ▼ 40% State avg: 5m per day · National avg: 4m per day |
|
Weekend RN
Registered nurse hours specifically on weekends. Facilities sometimes reduce RN presence on Saturdays and Sundays — a low weekend RN figure compared to weekday hours can indicate reduced clinical oversight when most administrative staff are absent.
| 25m per day | ▼ 31% State avg: 36m per day · National avg: 28m per day |
Higher than the Colorado average: 76.5%Brookside Inn is administrated by Debra Welker.
Key information about the people who lead and staff this community.
In Colorado, the Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Facilities Division is the regulatory body that performs unannounced surveys and publishes facility inspection findings.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the Colorado state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Deficiencies
| This Facility | CO Average | vs. CO Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total deficiencies
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 15 | 30 | This facility has 50% fewer total deficiencies than a typical Colorado nursing home (15 vs. CO avg 30).↓ 50% better |
|
Deficiencies per year
Average deficiencies per year since 2021.
| 3 | 6 | This facility has 50% fewer deficiencies per year than a typical Colorado nursing home (3 vs. CO avg 6).↓ 50% better |
|
Deficiencies per inspection
Average deficiencies per inspection.
| 3.8 | 5 | This facility has 24% fewer deficiencies per inspection than a typical Colorado nursing home (3.8 vs. CO avg 5).↓ 24% better |
Inspections
| This Facility | CO Average | vs. CO Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total inspections
Combined count of all routine and focused inspections. Excludes complaint investigations.
| 4 | 6 | This facility has 33% fewer total inspections than a typical Colorado nursing home (4 vs. CO avg 6).↓ 33% better |
Colorado average 4.8
Last Health inspection on Mar 2025
Colorado average 24.8
Colorado average 5.2
Health citations are formal notices following inspections when they fail to comply with safety and care standards.
14 of 16 citations resulted from standard inspections; and 2 of 16 resulted from complaint investigations.
100% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 0.4
5% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 2.1
Corrected
Corrected
Corrected
Corrected
Reporting period: October 1 – December 31, 2025 (Q4 2025). Source: CMS Payroll-Based Journal report.
7% fewer staff per resident than Colorado average
11% better than Colorado average
This data comes from the CMS Payroll-Based Journal report covering October 1 – December 31, 2025.
Manages medical care and health needs.
26 total: 19 full-time employees and 7 contractors.
26
Average shift length. Calculated as total hours divided by days worked and average staff per day.
9.8 hoursAssists with medical care and medications.
43 total: 22 full-time employees and 21 contractors.
43
Average shift length. Calculated as total hours divided by days worked and average staff per day.
9.5 hoursHelps with daily care and mobility.
97 total: 82 full-time employees and 15 contractors.
97
Average shift length. Calculated as total hours divided by days worked and average staff per day.
10 hours
This data comes from the CMS Payroll-Based Journal report covering October 1 – December 31, 2025.
Total hours from contractors
767 contractor hours this quarter
This data comes from the CMS Payroll-Based Journal report covering October 1 – December 31, 2025.
| Certified Nursing Assistant | 82 | 15 | 97 | 25,374 | 92 | 100% | 10 |
| Licensed Practical Nurse | 22 | 21 | 43 | 7,605 | 92 | 100% | 9.5 |
| Registered Nurse | 19 | 7 | 26 | 4,538 | 92 | 100% | 9.8 |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2,312 | 64 | 70% | 8 |
| Other Dietary Services Staff | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2,310 | 91 | 99% | 9.1 |
| Mental Health Service Worker | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2,157 | 78 | 85% | 7 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 3 | 0 | 3 | 544 | 68 | 74% | 5.5 |
| Respiratory Therapy Technician | 3 | 0 | 3 | 530 | 76 | 83% | 5.6 |
| Dietitian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 520 | 65 | 71% | 8 |
| Administrator | 1 | 0 | 1 | 512 | 64 | 70% | 8 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 480 | 60 | 65% | 8 |
| Speech Language Pathologist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 448 | 58 | 63% | 7.7 |
| Physical Therapy Aide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 385 | 50 | 54% | 7.7 |
| Occupational Therapy Aide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 260 | 42 | 46% | 6.2 |
| Qualified Social Worker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 50 | 54% | 3.6 |
| Medical Director | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 14% | 1.4 |
Includes penalties issued in 2025
Federal penalties imposed by CMS for regulatory violations, including civil money penalties (fines) and denials of payment for new Medicare/Medicaid admissions.
Source: CMS Penalties Database (Data as of Jan 2026)
97% lower than Colorado averageColorado average: $40K
55% fewer fines than Colorado averageColorado average: 2.2
Serious action where Medicare and/or Medicaid temporarily stops payments for new residents until issues are fixed.
0
100% fewer payment denials than Colorado averageColorado average: 0.3
Penalties are imposed by CMS for violations of federal nursing home regulations.
1 penalty in the past 3 years
Mar 6, 2025 · $1K
Fines imposed for noncompliance, which can be assessed per day or per instance of violation.
Mar 6, 2025Last updated: Jan 2026
These measures show how residents usually do over time at this home, based on health outcomes and preventive care.
A composite score based on pressure ulcers, falls with injury, weight loss, walking ability decline, and activities of daily living decline.
10.8
20% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 9.0
A composite score based on activities of daily living decline, walking ability decline, and incontinence.
25.4
35% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 18.8
CMS star rating based on long-stay quality measure performance. 5 stars = significantly above average, 1 star = significantly below average.
Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
19.8%
23% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 16.0%
Percent of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened
24.3%
43% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 17.0%
Percent of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder
32.1%
38% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 23.2%
Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
5.4%
62% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 3.3%
Percent of long-stay high risk residents with pressure ulcers
2.4%
37% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 3.9%
Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
1.1%
27% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 1.4%
Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight
2.3%
55% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 5.2%
Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms
0.3%
96% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 7.2%
Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
15.2%
19% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 18.8%
Percent of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine
97.7%
5% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 93.3%
Percent of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine
97.1%
In line with Colorado averageColorado average: 94.7%
CMS star rating based on short-stay quality measure performance. 5 stars = much above average, 1 star = much below average.
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine
93.7%
22% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 76.6%
Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
0.6%
56% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 1.4%
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine
88.2%
17% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 75.6%
Percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after their nursing home admission.
20.4%
In line with Colorado averageColorado average: 20.3%
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit.
11.0%
14% better than Colorado averageColorado average: 12.8%
Percentage of SNF residents who experience falls with major injury during their stay.
1.6%
106% worse than Colorado averageColorado average: 0.8%
Percentage of residents at or above expected ability to care for themselves at discharge.
55.6%
In line with Colorado averageColorado average: 53.7%
Rate of successful return to home or community from a skilled nursing facility.
49.0%
In line with Colorado averageColorado average: 50.6%
Quality measures are calculated from Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. For most measures, lower percentages indicate better care quality.
6% of new residents, usually for short-term rehab.
45% of new residents, often for short stays.
49% of new residents, often for long-term daily care.
Source: CMS Long-Term Care Facility Characteristics (Data as of Jan 2026)
Total residents
113Residents meet regularly to discuss policies, care quality, and activities
Organized group of residents that meets regularly to discuss facility policies, quality of life, and activities.
Data sourced from CMS Long-Term Care Facility Characteristics quarterly report. Payer mix reflects the current resident census by primary payment source.
Historical financial and operational data for Brookside Inn based on CMS SNF Cost Reports.
The portion of the home's budget spent on staff, including nurses, caregivers, and other employees who support care and operations.
Rank #28 / 182Payroll — State benchmarkedThis home is ranked 28th out of 182 homes in Colorado for payroll. Shows total annual staff payroll benchmarked to the Colorado average. Higher payroll investment relative to peers often signals better staffing and less reliance on cheaper contract labor.Click the rank badge to see the full State ranking.Click here to see the full State ranking.
All remaining costs needed to run the home, such as food, utilities, building maintenance, supplies and administrative expenses.
Most residents stay for extended periods and receive ongoing daily care.
5.7 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Castle Rock's city center to Brookside Inn's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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CO AVG
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41
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CO AVG
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CO AVG
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54
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CO AVG
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Facility
126
CO AVG
77
Rank
#76 / 535 | 94.4% | +23% | 4.67 | -6% | +21% | $1.2k | 16 | 4.0 | 2 | 98 | A+ |
4
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4
CO AVG
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Rank
#835 / 874 | Devona Schumann | $15.5M | $9.3M | 59.8% | 65361 |
The legal owner and operator of Brookside Inn is B.s.m.c. Limited Liability Company.
Brookside Inn has a walk score of 4. Car-dependent. Most errands require a car, with limited nearby walkable options.
Brookside Inn's occupancy is 94%.
Debra Welker is the administrator of Brookside Inn.
Brookside Inn has 126 beds.
Yes — there are 17 photos of Brookside Inn in the photo gallery on this page.
Brookside Inn is located at 1297 S PERRY ST.
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