Expert guides about care types in Colorado from Brevy Care.
If you are staring at a roughly $6,584-a-month bill and wondering how on earth your family will cover it, take a breath.
Watching a parent's dementia advance, and trying to decide whether memory care is still enough or whether they now need a nursing home, is one of the hardest calls a family makes.
A semi-private nursing home room in Colorado costs about $121,910 a year, above the national median, while assisted living runs about $6,584 a month.
The choice between assisted living and memory care in Colorado comes down to one question about your parent's safety with dementia.
If you're trying to decide between assisted living and a nursing home for a parent in Colorado, the choice really turns on two things: the level of care they need, and who's going to pay for it.
In Colorado, calling for the wrong kind of agency can mean Medicare pays nothing for care a family expected it to cover, and that bill runs near $94,952 a year for full-time help at home.
In Colorado, memory care isn't its own licensed category: it's dementia care provided inside an Assisted Living Residence, often in a secured unit built for residents who may wander.
A nursing home in Colorado runs about $121,910 a year for a shared room, above the national median and far more than most families can pay out of pocket for long.
If you're pricing assisted living for a parent in Colorado, the number to plan around is about $6,584 a month.