The following options of senior care are available in Colorado:

Assisted Living
Ranging in size from 3 to 245 seniors, Assisted Living in Colorado provides a range of services including personal services, room and board, protective oversight and social opportunities. For a senior who would benefit from help with their activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, or would enjoy the companionship of their peers for recreational or social activities, this option can provide a welcome opportunity from living in their own home. With such a range of sizes and types of Assisted Living, it is recommended that seniors and their families carefully consider a variety of options prior to the selection of their final choice.

Adult Day Care Services
Colorado defines a specialized adult day services center as one that provides intensive health supportive services for participants with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or other dementias, Multiple Sclerosis, brain injury, chronic mental illness, or developmental disabilities or for post-stroke participants who require extensive rehabilitative therapies. These day care programs are NOT licensed by the State of Colorado, but are required to be Certified. The goal of certification is to measure the ability of health care facilities to deliver care that is safe and adequate.

Nursing Home Care
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issues licenses to health care facilities that provide "longterm care" These facilities are defined as a "health facility that holds itself out as a nursing home, nursing facility, nursing care facility or intermediate care facility or a health facility that is planned, organized, operated, and maintained to provide supportive, restorative, and preventive services to persons who, due to physical and/or mental disability, require continuous or regular inpatient care. " This part of the facility is normally located either in a separate wing or area from what is known as the Skilled section of a Nursing Home