Assisted Living in Wheat Ridge, CO: Costs and Communities

About one in five people in Wheat Ridge, CO, is 65 or older, and assisted living here stays close to home. Colorado licenses 13 assisted living residences with a Wheat Ridge, CO, address, from homes for eight residents to MorningStar of Wheat Ridge, licensed for 79 on West 38th Avenue. MorningStar posts assisted living from $7,050 a month.

Senior Living & Care in Wheat Ridge, CO. AI interpretation of Wheat Ridge, CO, with approximate buildings and layout
Last Updated: November 2026
6-minute read| Author: Seth Burney
Published: November 2026
6-minute read | Author: Seth Burney | Date Published: November 2026 | Last Updated: November 2026

Key Takeaways

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About one in five Wheat Ridge, CO, residents is 65 or older, a higher share than in Denver, Aurora, Centennial or Golden.
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Retreat at Highlands, licensed for 48 residents, sits on Sheridan Boulevard at Wheat Ridge, CO's eastern edge, across from Denver's Berkeley neighborhood.
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Eight home care agencies have a Wheat Ridge, CO, address on Colorado's license list, and two of them share a building at 4251 Kipling St.
A hospital building, for Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, CO
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital is inside Wheat Ridge, CO, on West 40th Avenue.

Wheat Ridge, CO, Assisted Living by Street and License

Four of the 13 are below, all inside Wheat Ridge city limits, in Jefferson County.

Licenses from the state's facility data, dated Sept. 29, 2026. The price is MorningStar's own, checked Nov. 9, 2026.

Three of the four sit along or north of West 38th Avenue. Retreat at Highlands is on the city's eastern edge, on Sheridan Boulevard, with Denver's Berkeley and West Highland neighborhoods just across the street.

Assisted Living in Wheat Ridge, CO

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Around Wheat Ridge, CO: The Active Adult Center, the Greenbelt and Lutheran

  • Active Adult Center. The City's Active Adult Center, formerly the Senior and Community Center, is at 6363 W. 35th Ave. The City's guide covers classes, events and programs there and at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center.
  • Prospect Park and the Greenbelt. Prospect Park, on West 44th Avenue between Kipling and Youngfield streets, sits beside the 300-acre Wheat Ridge Greenbelt and connects to the Clear Creek Trail.
  • Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital. The hospital is inside Wheat Ridge, at 12911 W. 40th Ave.
  • RTD senior fares. Riders 65 and older pay half price on regular buses and trains.
  • Jefferson County Aging & Adult Services. The county's own office for older adults is at 900 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 180, in Golden. The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Jefferson County's Area Agency on Aging, also hosts the regional long-term care ombudsman.

One Posted Rate in Wheat Ridge, CO, and the Denver-Area Median

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Only MorningStar of Wheat Ridge posts an assisted living rate. It's as low as $7,050 a month on its own page, checked Nov. 9, 2026. Because that's an "as low as" rate, the total at the care level you or your family member needs comes from each community.

MorningStar's $7,050 sits below the $7,508 median that CareScout's 2025 survey gives for Wheat Ridge's 80033 ZIP code. Posted rates from 16 communities in Denver, CO, are in the assisted living article for Denver, CO.

Home Care Options in Wheat Ridge, CO

Colorado's Sept. 29, 2026, license data shows eight home care agencies with a Wheat Ridge, CO, address. Three are below, and two of them share a building at 4251 Kipling St. Visiting Angels lists companion care, personal care, dementia care and respite care among its types of care. Pivot Home Health and Professional Home Health Care are Medicare-certified home health agencies.

Medicare's home health benefit covers part-time skilled care for someone who's homebound. It doesn't cover help with daily tasks when that's the only help you need. In the Denver area, CareScout's 2025 median for a caregiver at home was $42 an hour.

Health First Colorado's Rate Outside Denver County, and Other Help

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Health First Colorado, the state's Medicaid program, pays $101.65 a day for assisted living care in certified residences outside Denver County. Wheat Ridge is outside Denver County. The resident pays room and board, $810 a month in 2026, from their own income. The care part comes through the Elderly, Blind, and Disabled waiver. A current member starts with the local Case Management Agency.

Colorado PACE and InnovAge Colorado PACE both list Wheat Ridge's 80033 ZIP code. Veterans and surviving spouses who need help with daily tasks may get VA Aid and Attendance added to a pension. Medicare won't pay for assisted living, since it's long-term care. Each program is explained in the assisted living article for Denver, CO. Assisted living in Golden, CO is about 6 miles west.

Frequently Asked Questions

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge posts assisted living from $7,050 a month, checked Nov. 9, 2026. The other three communities don't post prices. CareScout's 2025 median for the Denver area, the figure it gives for Wheat Ridge's 80033 ZIP code, was $7,508 a month.

Jefferson County's Aging & Adult Services, at 900 Jefferson County Parkway in Golden, offers case management and long-term care help. Case management is where a Health First Colorado member starts the Elderly, Blind, and Disabled waiver. That waiver covers the care part of assisted living in certified residences. Room and board stays with the resident.

Colorado's Sept. 29, 2026, license data shows 13 assisted living residences with a Wheat Ridge, CO, address. They range from homes for eight residents to MorningStar of Wheat Ridge, licensed for 79. Two of them, Applewood Village and Bel Aire, are memory care homes.

About 6,612 of Wheat Ridge's 32,070 residents are 65 or older, roughly one in five, in the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey. That's a higher share than in Denver, Aurora, Centennial or Golden.

Sources

Checked Nov. 9, 2026.

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