Aspen View Living

    11010 E Colorado Dr, Aurora, CO 80012
    • Assisted Living

    Owners available, compassionate attentive staff

    My mom lives here and I'm very pleased - the owners (including Derek Main) are hands-on and available seven days a week, staff are compassionate and attentive, and house manager Lori is amazing (her cooking is wonderful). The facility is new, beautiful, well-maintained and feels like home rather than a flashy complex; communication is clear and residents are genuinely cared for. I highly recommend this caring community.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    3.67·(9)

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      2.7
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      3.7

    Pros

    • Clean, well-maintained environment
    • Quick and efficient move-in process
    • Attentive caregivers with frequent checks
    • Clear family communication when staff are engaged
    • Home-like atmosphere and small residence feel
    • Quality, home-style dining
    • Hands-on ownership and local management presence
    • Positive tour and welcoming common areas
    • Compassionate individual caregivers highlighted

    Cons

    • Insufficient overnight staffing and responsiveness
    • Inconsistent caregiver training and conduct
    • Limited clinical capability for higher-acuity and end-of-life care
    • Gaps in family communication and escalation pathways
    • Inconsistent supply and resource management
    • Variable admission and move-in administrative practices
    • Operational cost-saving practices that affect service delivery

    Summary of reviews

    Aspen View Living presents as a small, well-maintained assisted-living residence with many features that appeal to families seeking a home-like setting. Reviewers commonly cite a clean facility, attractive living spaces, and welcoming common areas. Several accounts praise on-site cooks and family-style meals, and individual caregivers are often described as attentive and caring. For residents with lower care needs who value a personal, non-institutional environment, the facility’s strengths — quick move-ins, hands-on ownership, and regular caregiver checks — are notable.

    Care quality and staff performance appear uneven. Positive descriptions of compassionate, communicative caregivers coexist with reports of inconsistent conduct and concerns about how some staff handle resident needs. A recurring operational pattern is limited overnight coverage and delayed responsiveness to night-time calls; families with higher-acuity needs or significant night-time assistance requirements described this mismatch between need and staffing. There are also concerns about the facility’s ability to provide higher-level or end-of-life clinical support, suggesting that the available level of care may not match the expectations set during intake for residents with progressive or intensive needs.

    Dining and day-to-day life are frequently cited as strengths: reviewers note good, home-style cooking and an atmosphere that feels domestic rather than institutional. Amenities are described as modest rather than flashy, which aligns with the residence’s small-scale model. Reviews do not emphasize a comprehensive formal activities program; instead, the social environment appears to be driven by staff interaction and the home-like setting.

    Management and operations show mixed signals. Several families commend the owners and managers for being accessible and engaged, while other accounts describe difficulty communicating with leadership and delayed responses to important concerns. Operational issues noted include occasional supply shortages and cost-saving practices that affect service delivery. Admission and move-in experiences also vary: some report a fast, smooth transition, while others experienced administrative problems. Taken together, the pattern suggests the facility can provide a positive experience for low- to moderate-need residents in a homely setting, but prospective residents with higher acuity — especially those requiring reliable overnight assistance or end-of-life care — and their families should verify staffing levels, clinical capabilities, and escalation procedures before committing.

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    Location

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    Aspen View Living is located at 11010 E Colorado Dr, Aurora, CO, 80012.

    About Aspen View Living

    Aspen View Living sits over in Aurora, Colorado, and you're looking at a smaller licensed assisted living place since it only has space for eight seniors, which helps create that homelike feel where folks can get to know each other and the staff can really keep an eye on everybody. The staff's got experience helping people with a range of needs, including those needing help with personal hygiene, dressing, bathing, medication reminders, diabetes support, and incontinence care, and they help folks who have memory issues like Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. There is always someone around since they offer 24-hour supervision, and you'll find that they try to balance hands-on care with each person's ability to maintain as much independence as they can.

    The building itself is cozy, with unique room names like the Vail suite and a Colorado master bath, and offers both private and shared rooms, so there's a choice depending on what a person prefers or needs. You'll notice each room has air-conditioning, its own bathroom, and basic comforts like a telephone and TV access, and the staff provides housekeeping so residents don't need to worry about cleaning. Amenities include things like a spacious dining room, a great room for gathering, a garden out front where folks can wander or just sit, and even stair lifts down to lower levels to make moving around easier for everyone.

    The kitchen puts a real focus on quality meals, preparing nutritious food every day, and they're careful to offer options like vegetarian meals and can adjust for other dietary needs, so if someone's on a special diet the staff handles that too, and meals are all served in a way that tries to be visually pleasing and enjoyable. There's a small library inside for people who love to read, and outdoor and indoor common spaces for relaxing or chatting with neighbors, and often you'll find there are scheduled daily and community-sponsored activities, group outings, and wellness checks to help keep everyone mentally and socially active.

    Aspen View Living is licensed by the state under the Assisted Living Residence license number 23Q657, and they also provide short-term respite care, skilled nursing support, and memory care for people with cognitive issues, and are set up to serve seniors dealing with both physical and behavioral conditions. There have also been awards for both the quality of life and the activities they provide, which shows they take resident engagement seriously, and the staff are known to be helpful and kind, working to give each person support matched to their unique needs and hopes. For people interested in moving to a place where daily life is easier but still social, with choices in accommodations and regular activity, Aspen View Living offers tours so future residents can see the spaces and talk to people who live and work there. The environment tries to be welcoming, with an emphasis on comfort, safety, and a sense of kinship among residents and staff.

    People often ask...

    Aspen View Living offers assisted living and board and care.

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    The full address for this community is 11010 E Colorado Dr, Aurora, CO 80012.

    No, Aspen View Living does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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