Gardens Care Senior Living - Belmar Acres Memory Care

Gardens Care Belmar Acres is a small residential memory care home at 80 Yukon Street in the Belmar area of Lakewood, Colorado, caring for up to 12 residents in a newly built, single-house setting. Run by Gardens Care Senior Living, it is built on the idea that residents living with dementia do best in an intimate, homelike place rather than a large institution, so the whole home is scaled to feel familiar and calm.

The home provides memory care only, in a secured setting with monitored, secure layouts and outdoor walking paths designed to let residents move safely without wandering off. Staff are trained in memory-care techniques and provide 24-hour supervision, with personalized care plans covering the emotional, mental, and physical sides of dementia, medication management, and help with daily routines. Because it is purpose-built, the home feels current rather than converted.

There is a communal kitchen with granite counters, stainless appliances, and a coffee bar, living areas with a fireplace, and private or semi-private bedrooms, most with their own half-bath, that residents can decorate to feel like home. Dining is a home-style meal service included with care, and the daily rhythm runs on structured programming: daily exercise, a gardening program, painting lessons, yoga, music, and art, with a weekly church service for residents who want it.

Outside, a covered patio with a grill and secure landscaped walking paths give residents a safe place to spend time in the fresh air, which matters for people living with dementia who do better with regular time outdoors. Gardens Care Senior Living runs small homes across several states and several locations around Lakewood, and a senior advisor can walk a family through current pricing, how the secured setting works, and whether it fits a particular resident's stage of dementia.

The Belmar location keeps families close to care and errands, just off Wadsworth Boulevard near the Belmar shopping and dining district, with Kaiser Permanente's Lakewood medical offices nearby and St. Anthony Hospital, a Level I trauma center, about five miles west. Several neighborhood parks and Kountze Lake sit close for a change of scenery. With a newly built, secured home for up to 12 residents, a homelike setting, and the backing of Gardens Care Senior Living, Belmar Acres gives Lakewood families an intimate memory-care option near the Belmar district.