🛡️ Free for Families  ·  No Spam Calls  ·  No Referral Fees  ·  Built on Official Records

FindSeniorLivingNow

🏠 Is this your community?

Families are searching for a community like yours right now. Make sure they find you.

Claim This Community
🏥
Medicare-certifiedSkilled Nursing

Amberwood Post Acute

(303) 756-1566

About Amberwood Post Acute

Amberwood Post Acute provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation care designed to support recovery and restore independence. Our Denver, Colorado team combines medical expertise with personalized attention, helping patients heal with dignity after surgery, illness, or injury.

Community at a glance

Capacity

88 residents

Location

Denver, CO

Status

Listed in a public registry

Care & services offered

Skilled Nursing

Contact & location

4686 E ASBURY CIR, Denver, Colorado 80222

(303) 756-1566

Medicare inspection record

From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov

At its most recent standard inspection, on October 15, 2024, state inspectors cited 20 health deficiencies (the Colorado average is 8.7).

Nurses and nurse aides spend 2 hours 56 minutes with each resident a day, below the Colorado average of 3 hours 43 minutes.

Medicare fined Amberwood Post Acute once in the last three years, $9,636 in total.

Staffing

MeasureThis home
Nurse and aide time per resident, per day2 hours 56 minutesBelow the Colorado average
Registered nurse time per resident, per day28 minutesBelow the Colorado average
Nursing staff who left in the past year44%Below the Colorado average

Inspections

20 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.

April 23, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Infection ControlFrom a complaintCorrected May 15, 2026
  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident RightsFrom a complaintCorrected May 15, 2026
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and ExploitationFrom a complaintCorrected May 15, 2026

December 8, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation

  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and ExploitationFrom a complaintCorrected Dec 11, 2025
October 15, 2024 · Standard inspection · 16 citations+
  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Infection ControlCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident RightsCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident RightsCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident RightsCorrected Nov 15, 2024
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Nov 15, 2024

Fines and payment denials

1 fine totaling $9,636 in the last three years.

  • October 15, 2024Fine: $9,636

About the home, per Medicare

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Legal business name
Amberwood Healthcare LLC
Medicare-certified beds
88
Average residents per day
83
Accepts
Medicare and Medicaid
First certified
January 1, 1967
Part of a chain
Pacs Group, 275 homes
Inside a hospital
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Resident or family council
Resident
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes
CMS Certification Number
065034

Location

Loading map…

4686 E ASBURY CIRDenver, CO 80222

12 other communities within 10 miles

Senior living near Denver

Questions about Amberwood Post Acute

How did Amberwood Post Acute do on its last inspection?+

State inspectors visited on October 15, 2024 and cited 20 health deficiencies, 4 of them from complaint investigations. The Colorado average is 8.7.

How much nursing care does each resident get at Amberwood Post Acute?+

Nurses and aides spend 2 hours 56 minutes with each resident per day, including 28 minutes from registered nurses. 44% of nursing staff left over the past year.

Has Amberwood Post Acute been fined by Medicare?+

Yes. Medicare fined Amberwood Post Acute once in the last three years, totaling $9,636.

Does Medicare cover skilled nursing?+

Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.

How much does a nursing home cost?+

A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.

What is the CMS star rating?+

Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.

Senior living in Denver Skilled Nursing in Colorado Skilled Nursing guide Information last updated October 2026