Overview
Colonial Springs Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Missouri average of 2.6. It is the highest-rated of the 2 nursing homes in Buffalo. It scores best on health inspections (3 of 5) and lowest on quality of care (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 62% of nursing homes in Missouri (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 6, 2024, found 18 health deficiencies, more than the Missouri average of 11.4. 9 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 41% of Missouri nursing homes have been fined.
Colonial Springs Healthcare Center is a nonprofit facility with 134 certified beds, caring for about 118 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1984.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 6, 2024
- Health deficiencies cited
- 18
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 9
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.20 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.45 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.43 hrs
- Nurse aides2.32 hrs
- Physical therapists0.10 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 134
- Average residents per day
- 118
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 8, 1984
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes