Assisted living in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region

What is assisted living in Colorado Springs?

Assisted living around Colorado Springs is a CDPHE-licensed assisted living residence (ALR) that offers a room or apartment, meals, help with bathing, dressing, medications and other daily activities, and 24-hour supervision to adults who do not need daily skilled nursing.

CDPHE lists 75 active assisted living licenses in El Paso and Teller counties with 3,283 beds; 6 are brain injury supportive living programs, which leaves 69 senior residences (3,278 beds), 32 of them Medicaid-certified ACFs. They range from family-run homes in Knob Hill and Southeast Colorado Springs to large communities on the Westside, in Briargate and up north near Monument.

Who does well in a Colorado Springs assisted living residence?

Adults who need help with some daily activities or medication reminders, who are unsafe or isolated living alone, and whose medical needs can be met by personal care staff plus visiting home health or hospice.

People who need round-the-clock skilled nursing belong in a nursing home, and people with dementia who try to leave need a secure environment that meets Part 25.

What does assisted living cost in Colorado Springs?

Colorado's 2025 CareScout median is $79,005 a year, about $6,584 a month; there is no published Colorado Springs median, and quotes vary with apartment size and care level.

Residences certified as Alternative Care Facilities accept Health First Colorado EBD waiver residents, who pay $810 a month in room and board in 2026. VA Aid and Attendance and long-term care insurance help many others.

How should a Colorado Springs family choose an assisted living residence?

Start with location near the person who will visit most, check each candidate's license type and CDPHE inspection and occurrence history in our directory, and tour at least three at different times of day, including a meal.

Ask for the resident agreement, the full price list, the latest inspection report, the staffing schedule and the discharge policy before you sign.

Where is assisted living licensed across El Paso and Teller counties?

This is how CDPHE's license data spreads assisted living across El Paso and Teller counties.

What should a family read in an ALR's CDPHE record?

The inspections and citations by year, the types of recent occurrence reports, and whether the license is ALR ONLY or ALR/ACF; our facility pages show all of it for every senior residence in the two counties.

Use the record to decide what to ask, not to rule a residence in or out on one number.

How many Pikes Peak assisted living residences are small homes?

20 of the 69 senior ALRs in the two counties are licensed for ten beds or fewer, and 14 of those small homes are Medicaid-certified ACFs.

Small homes often feel like a family household, with the same few caregivers every day; larger residences offer more activities and amenities. Both hold the same CDPHE license.