Memory Care in Denver, CO: Costs and How to Choose

In Denver, CO, memory care usually means a secured neighborhood, or wing, inside a larger community, with its own name and its own daily routine. Clermont Park calls its neighborhood Goldenrod, and The Pines of Dayton Place calls its own Evermore. In Fort Logan, Brookdale Pinehurst Park is a community devoted to memory care alone. Its private apartments start at $10,235 a month, with care and other fees extra.

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Last Updated: November 2026
9-minute read| Author: Seth Burney
Published: November 2026
9-minute read | Author: Seth Burney | Date Published: November 2026 | Last Updated: November 2026

Key Takeaways

A market stand, for memory care prices in Denver, CO
Twelve communities with Denver, CO, addresses post a starting rate for memory care, from $6,600 to $10,235 a month. The middle rate is $8,728, as published and checked Nov. 9, 2026.
Armchairs around a table, for secure memory care areas in Colorado
In Denver, CO, a secure memory care setting can be 20 private studios, as at Eastern Star Retirement Campus, or a community focused on dementia care, as at Brookdale Pinehurst Park.
A first aid case, for Colorado's dementia training rules
The Pines of Dayton Place, Hilltop Reserve and Rosemark at Mayfair Park list respite stays, and both Sunrise communities list short stays.
A hospital building, for the memory clinic in Denver, CO
The CU Memory Disorders Clinic in Denver's Central Park neighborhood sees more than 2,500 patient visits a year for memory concerns.

Care Included or Added: Memory Care Prices in Denver, CO

A market stand, for memory care prices in Denver, CO

Each price below is the lowest a community shows for memory care. They don't all cover the same things. Modena Cherry Creek's includes care, while Brookdale and Sunrise add care to the room rate.

As published by each community, checked Nov. 9, 2026.

Some of the lowest prices are for a two-bedroom, a companion suite or a shared apartment, not a private studio. Clermont Park and The Pines of Dayton Place don't post a memory care price.

For a wider view, CareScout's 2025 Denver-area medians were $7,508 a month for assisted living and $10,813 for a shared nursing home room, or $12,775 for a private one.

Memory Care Across the Denver Area

Of the four suburbs in this table, Centennial, CO, has the most memory care, with seven communities. Aurora, CO, and Wheat Ridge, CO, have four each. Some suburbs have small homes that do only memory care. Others have secured neighborhoods inside larger communities.

  • Denver, CO: 21 communities with memory care; 12 starting rates, from $6,600 to $10,235.
  • Centennial, CO: 7 communities with memory care; 2 starting rates, from $8,975 to $10,475.
  • Aurora, CO: 4 communities with memory care; 2 starting rates, from $4,315 to $7,990.
  • Wheat Ridge, CO: 4 communities with memory care; 1 starting rate, $9,950.
  • Golden, CO: 2 communities with memory care; none posted.

This count includes only communities that list memory care on their own website. The city is the one in each community's mailing address. Rates checked Nov. 9, 2026.

Goldenrod, Evermore and Other Memory Care in Denver, CO

Profile card, with the community's own photo, for Clermont Park Senior Living memory care in its Goldenrod neighborhood, University Hills: studios to one-bedrooms, a wander monitoring system, housekeeping and laundry, a nonprofit campus since 1972
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Clermont Park Senior Living

Clermont Park Senior Living calls its memory care neighborhood Goldenrod. Residents live in studios, companion suites or one-bedroom apartments. A wander monitoring system helps keep the neighborhood safe. Weekly housekeeping, linens and personal laundry are part of daily life there. Goldenrod sits on Christian Living Communities' nonprofit life plan campus in University Hills, beside assisted living, independent living and skilled nursing.

The Pines of Dayton Place

The Pines of Dayton Place calls its memory care the Evermore Neighborhood. It's built for people living with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Its Meaningful Moments approach shapes each day around a resident's life story, preferences, routines and memories. The campus also has independent living, assisted living and respite stays, which are short stays that give a family caregiver a rest. There's an on-site therapy gym, too. Sinceri Senior Living runs it, at a Denver, CO, address on South Dayton Street.

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Memory Care in Denver, CO

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Memory Care Communities in Denver, CO, by Part of Town

  • Brookdale Parkplace, 111 Emerson St., 80218, Speer. Memory care beside independent and assisted living. Starting price: $7,590 a month.
  • Balfour Riverfront Park, 1500 Little Raven St., 80202, Union Station. Memory care in a restored train depot building, with independent and assisted living. Starting price: $7,904 a month.
  • The Gardens at St. Elizabeth, 2835 W. 32nd Ave., 80211, Highland. Memory care, with independent and assisted living and spiritual, social and cultural programs.
  • Balfour Central Park, 2979 Uinta St., 80238, Central Park. Memory care and assisted living. Starting price: $9,442 a month.
  • Ciel of Lowry, 150 Quebec St., 80230, Lowry Field. Memory care and assisted living. Starting price: $9,950.
  • Hilltop Reserve Senior Living, 525 S. Holly St., 80246, Washington Virginia Vale. Monarch House memory care, plus respite stays. Starting price: $8,890.
  • Rosemark at Mayfair Park, 833 Jersey St., 80220, Montclair. Monarch House memory care neighborhood, plus respite stays. Starting price: $8,565.
  • Springbrooke Senior Living, 6800 Leetsdale Drive, 80224, Washington Virginia Vale. Memory care program for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, run by 12 Oaks Senior Living.
  • Sunrise at Cherry Creek, 251 S. Colorado Blvd., 80246, Cherry Creek. Memory care, assisted living and short stays. Starting price: $6,600 a month.
  • Brookdale Pinehurst Park, 3790 W. Quincy Ave., 80236, Fort Logan. Devoted to memory care, serving people living with dementia. Starting price: $10,235 a month.
  • MorningStar at Observatory Park, 2100 S. Josephine St., 80210, University Park. Lavender Sky memory care, with independent and assisted living. Starting price: $10,195 a month.
  • Sunrise at Pinehurst, 5195 W. Quincy Ave., 80236, Fort Logan. Memory care, assisted living and short stays. Starting price: $7,100 a month.
  • Modena Cherry Creek, 2440 S. Wabash St., 80231, Four Square Mile. Memory care for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, cost of care included in its price. Starting price: $9,525.
  • Woodland Estates Senior Living, 2500 S. Roslyn St., 80231, Four Square Mile. Memory care and assisted living.

Help at Home Before Memory Care

A first aid case and stethoscope, for help at home before memory care in Denver, CO

Short stays can give a family caregiver a break and let your family member try a community first. The Pines of Dayton Place, Hilltop Reserve and Rosemark at Mayfair Park list respite care. Both Sunrise communities list short-term stays.

Keeping watch around the clock is the part Medicare's home health benefit doesn't pay for. Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older adults, covers part-time skilled care for someone who's homebound. Paid caregivers ran $42 an hour at CareScout's 2025 Denver-area median. Home care agencies in Denver, CO, with their addresses and Medicare records, are in the assisted living article for Denver, CO.

Secure Areas, Dementia Training and Colorado's 30-Bed Medicaid Limit

Memory care in Denver, CO, can be 20 private studio apartments in a secure setting, as at Eastern Star Retirement Campus. It can also be a whole community focused on dementia care, as at Brookdale Pinehurst Park. In Colorado, a licensed assisted living residence may choose to run a secure area. A licensed assisted living residence can choose to run a secure area. When it does, state rules add a few things families can count on.

  • Before move-in, the residence must explain where the secure area is and how it restricts movement.
  • It also has to describe the activities it offers each day.
  • Staff who give hands-on care need at least four hours of dementia training within 120 days of starting.
  • After that, they need two hours of dementia education every two years.

Health First Colorado is the state's Medicaid program. It pays for health care for people with limited income. Residences it certifies that run a secured area have two more rules. They can have no more than 30 secured beds. They also need a secured outdoor area that residents can reach without help from staff.

Price, Staff and Safety Questions for a Denver, CO, Memory Care Tour

Twelve communities with Denver, CO, addresses post a memory care price, and they don't all price the same things. A tour is the place to pin that down. These questions can help:

  • Does your price include care, as Modena Cherry Creek's does, or is care added to the room rate?
  • Is your lowest price for a private studio, or for a shared apartment, companion suite or two-bedroom?
  • Who has finished Colorado's dementia training, and when was the last refresher?
  • When a resident gets upset or heads for the door, what does staff do first?
  • What happens if a resident's needs grow past what the secure area can give?
  • If Health First Colorado will help pay, is your secured area certified, and can residents reach a secured outdoor area without help?

Health First Colorado, PACE and VA Help for Memory Care

Hands holding a heart beside a meal, for help paying for memory care in Colorado

Health First Colorado, the state's Medicaid program, pays for the care part in residences it certifies, including some with secured areas of up to 30 beds. The resident pays $810 a month for room and board in 2026.

PACE, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, is open to someone 55 or older who needs the kind of care a nursing home gives. The person must live in a program's service area. VA Aid and Attendance adds to the pension of a veteran or survivor who needs help with daily activities. DRCOG's Aging and Disability Resource Center gives family caregivers free help finding long-term services, and Denver County's own Medicaid rate is in the assisted living article for Denver, CO.

The CU Memory Clinic, Memory Cafes and Other Dementia Support in Denver, CO

  • University of Colorado Memory Disorders Clinic. The clinic is part of the CU Alzheimer's and Cognition Center. It's at UCHealth Central Park Medical Center, 3055 Roslyn St. It sees more than 2,500 patient visits a year for memory concerns. Care starts with an appointment to check on memory loss. It accepts Medicare and Medicaid.
  • Alzheimer's Association Colorado Chapter. Its Greater Denver Region Office, at 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 700, sees visitors by appointment. The chapter's free support groups meet by phone, video or in person with a trained leader, and its caregiver groups are for unpaid family and friends.
  • Memory Cafes at the Denver Public Library. These social groups are for people living with memory loss and their family, friends and caregivers. A Memory Cafe meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. Memories in the Making meets the first Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Hadley Branch Library.

Frequently Asked Questions

On Nov. 9, 2026, 12 memory care communities with Denver, CO, addresses posted a starting rate. Those rates ran from $6,600 to $10,235 a month, and the middle rate was $8,728. Modena Cherry Creek's $9,525 includes care, and Sunrise at Cherry Creek's $6,600 is for a two-bedroom.

No statewide survey reports one. CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey covers assisted living and nursing homes, but it has no memory care category. In the Denver area, posted starting rates on Nov. 9, 2026, ran from $4,315 in Aurora, CO, to $10,475 in Centennial, CO.

In Denver, CO, some memory care prices include care and some don't, so families plan around the full monthly total. Income, savings and a home sale are the usual private sources. Health First Colorado can pay the care part in certified residences, and VA Aid and Attendance and PACE help some families.

In Denver, CO, the choice often starts with the setting. Brookdale Pinehurst Park, in Fort Logan, focuses on dementia care. Clermont Park's Goldenrod is a named memory care neighborhood inside a larger community. After that, it comes down to your family member's stage of dementia, needs and budget. Colorado requires each secure area to be explained before move-in, and the state's inspection results cover three years.

For a visit to check on memory loss, the CU Memory Disorders Clinic at UCHealth Central Park Medical Center accepts Medicare and Medicaid. Daily memory care is another matter. Medicare doesn't pay for long-term care such as assisted living, and every memory care community in this article is a licensed assisted living residence.

Sources

Checked Nov. 9, 2026.

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