Northglenn Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care sits in a quiet part of Northglenn, Colorado, with a modern building, plenty of large windows, an inviting front porch, and a courtyard with walking paths and garden benches where you can sit and look out over the flowers. The place opened in 1986 and had a big renovation in 2018, so it feels both homey and up to date. The community has 122 assisted living apartments, with studio and one-bedroom layouts, and 22 studio apartments in memory care, which are either private or shared. Residents can decorate their spaces and bring their own things to make it familiar. Some pets are allowed after approval.
Residents get three meals every day from a professional chef who makes food based on the season, with choices for special diets, and meals are eaten together in a communal dining room. Northglenn Heights provides all the basics, like weekly housekeeping, laundry for personal items and linens, scheduled apartment maintenance, and a move-in coordinator to help new people settle in. There's an emergency alert system throughout the building, call cords and pendants, and 24-hour supervision by trained staff who help with things like bathing, dressing, transfers, mobility, medication management, and incontinence care, though some services, like incontinence and medication help, come with an extra fee.
The community offers both assisted living and specialized memory care, including the "In the Moment" program for those with Alzheimer's or other dementia, focusing on keeping routines familiar and providing therapies meant to keep people safe and engaged. Residents with mild cognitive problems can get extra attention, and memory care spaces are fully secure to prevent wandering. Hospice, palliative, physical, occupational, and speech therapy are brought in from outside if needed. The community supports LGBTQ+ protections and follows federal housing laws, and the whole property is non-smoking, with accessible entrances and features.
Amenities are plenty but simple: there's an arts and crafts studio, game room, movie room, fitness gym, spa/wellness space, chapel, devotional room, hair salon, library, and landscaped gardens and patios. Residents and guests have their own parking. There's Wi-Fi, private bathrooms, cable TV, and kitchenettes in the apartments, which are available on a month-to-month lease with 30 days' notice. For activities, Northglenn Heights provides a full calendar, including music, games, bingo, movie nights, book club, gardening, arts and crafts, fitness classes, off-site excursions, exercise classes, jewelry classes, holiday parties, monthly veterans' lunch, and both staff and resident-run programs. There are three weekly church services and Bible study.
Staff watch over residents day and night, with a ratio of about 1 staff to 10 people during the day and 1 to 16 at night in assisted living, and 1 to 6 at all times in memory care. Visiting doctors, dentists, and podiatrists come regularly. Transportation is available for personal appointments and group outings. Respite care is offered for $200 a day if someone needs short-term help or recovery after hospital stays. The building doesn't have skilled nursing on site, but arrangements can be made through outside home health agencies for skilled needs, diabetic help, or wound care.
Northglenn Heights accepts residents age 55 and older and allows Medicaid after a two-year spend-down period. The place stays friendly, with residents and staff knowing one another and guests describing it as both welcoming and relaxed. Meals come with a menu and have alternatives, and everyone, including those in memory care, eats together unless other arrangements are needed. Rates are set monthly for assisted living and memory care, with extra fees for more care. The facility gets reviewed regularly by licensing groups. While Northglenn Heights doesn't have every possible medical offering right on site, it covers most daily needs, makes it easy to get outside help for more complex health issues, and tries to give people both safety and freedom as much as possible.
