Applewood Our House - Golden

Applewood Our House on Yank Street is a small, secured memory care home at 1365 Yank Street in Golden, Colorado, caring for about a dozen women living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. It was the first home opened by Applewood Our House, completely remodeled in 2011, and it set the pattern for a small group of dementia-focused homes across the Golden, Lakewood, and Arvada area. This is residential memory care in an actual house rather than a wing of a large building.

Caregivers are on site around the clock, certified to administer medications, and trained in dementia care and the behaviors that come with it, and the home keeps a roughly one-to-six caregiver-to-resident ratio. The setting is secured against wandering, and visiting-physician services, medication management, and help with daily tasks are part of the care. Life is built around the rhythms of a home, with the kitchen as its heart, where dietitian-developed meals are cooked on site on a rotating seasonal menu, with snacks and modified diets available through the day.

Most residents have a private room with a private bath, and common areas have hardwood floors, a fireplace, and a secured backyard and garden. A resident house dog is part of the household, residents may bring their own pets, and the team takes residents on real outings to restaurants, museums, and the zoo. What stands out is the scale and focus: with only about a dozen residents and a high share of private rooms, Applewood Our House offers a far more intimate setting than a large memory care neighborhood, and as a women-only home run by a small, long-established dementia specialist, it suits families who want close, personal attention.

On-site grooming, salon visits, and personalized music and lighting reflect that one-by-one approach. The home sits in the quiet Applewood neighborhood near the Golden, Wheat Ridge, and Lakewood lines, close to the Interstate 70 and U.S. 6 interchange. St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, a Level I trauma center, is less than two miles away, about a five-to-seven-minute drive, and Colorado Mills and Applewood shopping are close by.

Part of the Applewood Our House group, which has run small dementia-care homes in the area since 2011, the Yank Street home pairs a homelike setting with focused memory care, making it a fit for families seeking a small, personal alternative to a large memory care community in the Golden area.