Memory Care in Wheat Ridge, CO: Costs and How to Choose

Memory care in Wheat Ridge, CO, includes two small memory care homes, Applewood Village and Bel Aire, each licensed for 16 residents. Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care keeps 16 secured memory care beds in the same home as its assisted living. MorningStar of Wheat Ridge has both too, and it posts memory care from $9,950 a month.

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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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Four communities in Wheat Ridge, CO, offer memory care, including two Gardens Care homes, Applewood Village and Bel Aire, each licensed for 16.
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Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care has 16 secured memory care beds beside 16 assisted living beds in one home on West 44th Avenue.
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Applewood Village and Bel Aire each have a daily exercise program, a flower arranging class and weekly live music.
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Both Gardens Care homes in Wheat Ridge, CO, Applewood Village and Bel Aire, have visits from a mobile dentist.

Two Small Homes and Two Larger Settings for Memory Care in Wheat Ridge, CO

  • Applewood Village, 3802 Parfet St., 80033. A Gardens Care memory care home for people living with Alzheimer's, dementia and other memory conditions; 16 beds.
  • Bel Aire, 3555 Dudley St., 80033. A Gardens Care memory care home; 16 beds.
  • MorningStar of Wheat Ridge, 10100 W. 38th Ave., 80033. Memory care beside assisted living; 79 beds. Starting price: $9,950 a month.
  • Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care, 7850 W. 44th Ave., 80033. 16 secured memory care beds beside 16 assisted living beds in one home.

Bed counts are the state's license figures as of Sept. 29, 2026; Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care's bed split is its own. The price is MorningStar's own, checked Nov. 9, 2026.

Applewood Village and Bel Aire both sit near West 38th Avenue. Each has a daily exercise program, a flower arranging class and weekly live music, along with meals, laundry service and visits from a mobile dentist.

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Memory Care Prices Near Wheat Ridge, CO

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MorningStar of Wheat Ridge posts memory care as low as $9,950 a month, checked Nov. 9, 2026. The other three don't post a price. In Denver, CO, 12 memory care communities posted starting rates from $6,600 to $10,235 a month, and the memory care article for Denver, CO shows what each one covers.

How Colorado's Secure-Area Rules Apply in Wheat Ridge, CO

Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care describes its memory care side as secured. In Colorado, an assisted living residence that runs a secure area has to explain it before move-in. That covers how it restricts movement and what it offers each day. Its hands-on caregivers must finish four hours of dementia training in their first 120 days. The full rules are in the memory care article for Denver, CO.

On a tour of a 16-bed home in Wheat Ridge, CO, it helps to ask:

  • How many caregivers are on duty at night?
  • Are the 16 secured memory care beds in a separate area from the 16 assisted living beds?
  • How do residents get outside, and is the outdoor space secured too?

Dementia Support for Wheat Ridge, CO, Families

  • DRCOG Aging and Disability Resource Center. The Denver Regional Council of Governments' center serves Jefferson County. Family members, caregivers and friends can contact it at no cost for help finding long-term services.
  • More dementia support. The Alzheimer's Association's free support groups and the CU Memory Disorders Clinic are in the memory care article for Denver, CO.

Visiting Angels and Home Care for Wheat Ridge, CO, Caregivers

Visiting Angels, with an office at 4251 Kipling St., offers dementia care, Alzheimer's care and respite care at home. Respite care is short-term help so the family member who usually does the caring can rest. Wheat Ridge's other home care agencies are in the assisted living article for Wheat Ridge, CO.

Frequently Asked Questions

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge posts memory care from $9,950 a month, checked Nov. 9, 2026. Applewood Village, Bel Aire and Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care don't post a price. Nearby in Denver, CO, posted memory care rates ran from $6,600 to $10,235 a month.

Yes. Applewood Village and Bel Aire are Gardens Care memory care homes, each licensed for 16 residents. Wheat Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care has a 16-bed secured memory care side in the same home as its assisted living.

Applewood Village and Bel Aire each have a daily exercise program, a flower arranging class and weekly live music. Meals, laundry service and visits from a mobile dentist come with both.

Yes. Visiting Angels, on Kipling Street, offers respite care and dementia care at home. Seniors Resource Center, which holds a Colorado home care license at a Wheat Ridge, CO, address on Chase Street, runs an Adult Day Center, according to the City of Golden.

Health First Colorado, the state's Medicaid program, can pay for the care part in certified assisted living residences, at $101.65 a day outside Denver County. It pays only in residences it has certified as Alternative Care Facilities, and each community can say whether it's certified. The resident pays $810 a month for room and board in 2026. A certified residence with a secured area can have up to 30 secured beds.

Sources

Checked Nov. 9, 2026.

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