A Friend For The Family

A Friend For The Family carries a residential license, the same regulatory category as much smaller senior care homes, but the building itself holds 48 people, a scale that puts it well past the five-to-eight-resident homes scattered around El Paso County. That combination, residential licensing with a larger population, shapes how the community runs day to day. Staff help residents bathe, get dressed, manage medications on schedule, and move around safely, working from a team built to reach 48 people rather than a single small household.

Assisted living is the only level of care offered here: no memory care wing, no independent apartments, and no skilled nursing sit alongside it. The community does not currently participate in Medicaid, so residents and families arrange payment through private funds. A community dining room brings residents together for meals, and shared spaces host cards, conversation, and organized activities sized for a group this large rather than a handful of housemates.

Forty-eight people sharing an address means the calendar stays fuller than at a small home, where a handful of housemates limits what group programming looks like. Families who want a bigger social circle and a broader staff team than a five-or-eight-person home can offer, without stepping up to the region's largest senior living campuses, tend to find this scale appealing. Anyone specifically needing memory care, independent living, or skilled nursing will not find those services here, since A Friend For The Family limits its program to assisted living.

Brockdell Drive runs through Colorado Springs' south side, near Fountain and Fort Carson, with Penrose Hospital reachable in minutes heading north if medical attention is needed. Shops along South Academy Boulevard handle everyday errands for relatives visiting the area. A Friend For The Family runs under its own name, with no corporate parent behind it, standing out as a residentially licensed community that houses far more residents than that license category usually implies.