Bettyhome

Bettyhome is built around a private-pay household of 10 residents in Aurora's Del Mar Park neighborhood, a scale where everyone can sit down together for a meal or an afternoon activity. Assisted living is the only level of care the home provides, so most families touring here have already decided on that single type of care for a loved one. The property is a converted single-family house, with the ordinary living and dining rooms you'd find in any home rather than long corridors or separate wings.

Nothing about the layout feels clinical, and because everything sits close together, residents who move slowly or wear out in bigger spaces have a short walk between their bedroom and the shared rooms. Throughout the day, caregivers help residents dress, keep track of medications, and move safely from room to room, adjusting their attention as each person's needs change. If a resident's condition worsens, the level of hands-on support can increase without a move to another building.

Skilled nursing and independent living are not part of what Bettyhome offers, and there's no memory care program or respite stays available. Del Mar Park is close to the Southlands shopping district, Stanley Marketplace, and the Town Center at Aurora, all easy stops for a visiting family member. The Anschutz Medical Campus, home to UCHealth's University of Colorado teaching hospital, is near enough to matter when specialist care or an unplanned medical need comes up.

Meals come out of a household kitchen, and activities run in small groups scaled to the 10 people living there. In a home this size, caregivers pick up on each resident's habits fast, which lets a day get shaped around one person rather than a set schedule. Pets aren't part of life at Bettyhome, something families with an animal companion should weigh ahead of time. Bettyhome is owned and run as a single residence, not one location among many under a bigger company, and that setup tends to keep the same caregivers with the same residents over the years.

Medicaid isn't billed here, so every resident pays out of pocket, and the base monthly rate lands around $5,500. Families should ask what that figure covers, since needs-based add-ons can push the total higher.