Applewood Our House - Arvada

Mature cottonwood trees shade a large yard at Applewood Our House - Arvada, a residential memory care community at 6435 Garrison Street, and a walking path crosses that yard beneath a mountain horizon taking in both Pikes Peak and Longs Peak. The home's Arvada history goes back to 2013, it holds 16 beds across four companion rooms and eight private rooms, and it is set up for residents living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

Care at the house is built around two caregivers who stay inside the home on every shift, day and night, with at least one certified to administer medications and one trained in CPR. Daytime brings a third team member whose focus is engagement and activities. Staff use care techniques based on Teepa Snow's approach and complete six additional hours of dementia training each year, while regular safety checks continue through the night.

Memory care lighting and music solutions are included as part of the services in the home. Residents have access to a rounding physician and on-call physicians, and through a partnership with DispatchHealth an urgent care visit frequently happens without the resident leaving the house. Physical, speech and occupational therapy are available, medications are managed and administered by staff, and residents can age in place through the later stages of care, with hospice coming from whichever provider the family chooses.

Meals are cooked in the house kitchen from menus developed with nutritional guidance, and each day brings three home-cooked meals, room for special meal requests, and protein-rich snacks alongside fruit and vegetables. The great room and the kitchen share one open floor plan at the center of the house. Visiting professionals teach music and art classes, and outings on the home's bus carry residents to events away from Garrison Street.

Dory, a Labrador, has been the resident house dog since December 2019, and residents may bring their own pets once the home has reviewed each animal's size and needs. Each private room has its own half bath, while the companion rooms share a bath placed between the two rooms for a private feel, and a typical room measures about 140 square feet. Streaming television and music are set up in each room, and furnishings are included.

Published all-inclusive rates start at $6,500 a month for a companion room, with a range up to $7,500, and private rooms start at $7,800, with a range up to $8,800, on month-to-month contracts plus a one-time move-in fee, so confirm current figures for this home before planning a move. Respite care, a hairdresser, transportation, a Wander Guard device, additional staff, cognitive therapy and foot care are offered at an added cost.

The house suits a family whose loved one is living with dementia and who wants a 16-bed household, a choice between private and companion rooms, and the option to remain in place through hospice. Memory care is the only level of care the home provides. Garrison Street runs through a quiet, established residential part of Arvada in Jefferson County. Olde Town Arvada, the city's pedestrian-friendly historic district, has grown into a local dining hub and is served by a station on the RTD G Line commuter rail.

On the same street, Majestic View Nature Center sits within an 80-acre park with almost 2 miles of trails. For hospital care, Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge is a 226-bed Level II trauma center with an emergency department, and it opened at its West 40th Avenue campus in August 2024.