CCN 065209 · Jefferson County, Colorado
Western Hills Health Care Center
1625 Carr St, Lakewood, CO 80214
Western Hills Health Care Center is a 140-bed for-profit nursing home in Lakewood, Colorado, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1985. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 90.1 residents a day, about 64% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 140
- Average residents per day
- 90.1 (64.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Certified since
- Apr 18, 1985
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Colorado median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 26 at 1, 52 at 2, 41 at 3, 39 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.74 | 3.48 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.29 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.7% | 46.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 64.4% | 83.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (May 14, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Western Hills Health Care Center meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/1991 |
| Denzler, AnnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/15/2025 |
| Dergance, JeannaeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/04/2023 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Linenberger, CharityIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/06/2024 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/06/1976 |
| Schmidt, DerekIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/18/2012 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2001 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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