Brookdale Greenwood Village
BROOKDALE GREENWOOD VILLAGE in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO — inspection on December 1, 2025.
Found 4 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
was no documentation of why the order was placed on hold.
The director of nursing (DON) was interviewed on 9/23/25 at 3:17 p.m.
The DON said when a resident was admitted , the nurse on duty would fill the role of the admission nurse and would review the hospital orders with the on-call physician and the resident's medical provider. He said all the medications would be verified. He said the orders were then sent to the pharmacy to be filled.The DON said he was not sure how long medication delivery would take but he estimated the ordered medications would be filled and delivered to the facility within a couple hours. He said the facility would not administer medications brought in by family because they could not verify the accuracy of the medications.
The DON said he did not know why Resident #2's missed several medications after admission or why the delivery was delayed.
The DON said he would look into the medication delays.
The DON said Resident #2 was administered Trizepatide at the hospital on 5/29/25 prior to his admission to the facility.
The DON said the next dose was scheduled for 6/5/25, however Resident #2 was transferred to the hospital on 6/4/25. He said that was the reason the medication was not administered at the facility.
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Brookdale Greenwood Village
6450 S Boston St Greenwood Village, CO 80111
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
implemented based on his fall history upon admission. He said the floor nurse would have provided step-by-step instructions to the resident and CNA's, for safe transfers and walking.The DON said there had been no formal training provided for staff, specifically for CNAs, on orthostatic hypotension fall prevention.
He said all residents in the facility were considered at risk for falls, and staff were aware of the general fall prevention measures in place.
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12/01/2025
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Brookdale Greenwood Village
6450 S Boston St Greenwood Village, CO 80111
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
#1 was interviewed on 9/23/25 at 3:26 p.m. RN #1 said she did not know where the vinegar was stored.
She said she did not know what the vinegar was used for. LPN #1 and certified nurse aide (CNA) #1 were interviewed together on 9/23/25 at 3:29 p.m. LPN #1 said she did not know what vinegar would be used for.
CNA #1 said she would use the vinegar to clean a catheter bag. LPN #1 unlocked the medication room and looked in the room for vinegar, she confirmed that there was no vinegar. LPN #2 was interviewed on 9/23/25 at 3:31 p.m. LPN #2 said she did not have vinegar stored at the nurses' station or in the medication room. LPN #2 said she could go to the kitchen staff and ask them for it so that the nursing staff could use it to clean the residents' CPAP machines.
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12/01/2025
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Brookdale Greenwood Village
6450 S Boston St Greenwood Village, CO 80111
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
According to the log, a professional service provider came on 5/27/25 for a repair to the ice machine in the main kitchen. IV.
Staff interviews The dietary manager (DM) was interviewed on 9/23/25 at approximately 1:00 p.m.
The DM said that he recognized that many food items had expired or lacked food labels and that he would monitor expiration dates closely in the future. He said the kitchen staff tried to deep clean the kitchen every Sunday.
The DM said the kitchen recently got a new power washer and he would schedule the kitchen for a deep cleaning using the power washer.
The DM said he was unable to provide documentation that the main kitchen's ice machine was been deep-cleaned by a professional service provider in the last six months and said that the facility no longer contracted with the outside service to provide the deep sanitation and chemical disinfection for the ice machine (see ice machine cleaning record above).
The NHA was interviewed on 9/23/25 at 4:22 p.m.
The NHA said that she conducted weekly walkthroughs of the kitchen and that her last walkthrough was last week.
The NHA said that her expectation of the kitchen was for it to be clean and to have all food items dated properly.
The NHA said she understood why kitchen staff was confused about the process for servicing kitchen equipment, specifically the malfunctioning ice machine in the main kitchen that did not keep ice frozen.
She said that the kitchen staff was to place a work order for the maintenance department.
From there the maintenance department was responsible for contacting the equipment vendor or completing the maintenance themselves.
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