Hollyhock Lane

Hollyhock Lane cooks custom meals at home based on what each resident likes to eat, rather than serving from a menu that someone else has chosen for them. The house is a small residential care home on Hollyhock Lane in unincorporated Boulder County, and it carries a Lafayette mailing address. Its household rests on a plain conviction that a small home is a safe place for elders to live. Assisted living here combines oversight around the clock with individualized personal care, including medication administration given with warmth and attention.

Staff also provide first aid response, and laundry and housekeeping are included among the services of the house. The home describes its specialty as careful, personal care for elders, and that care continues from the heart into the later stages of life. Day-to-day management of the house belongs to Sarah Cleary, who supports her caregivers and keeps their education going over time. The care team includes Molly McLean, whose dependability and light-hearted manner the home points to, along with caregivers Jenn and Alicia.

One caregiver on the team lets each elder take the lead in their care, and she comes to know them well enough to anticipate needs and plan simple pleasures such as a favorite meal. The house stands on a semi-rural residential lane in unincorporated Boulder County, set between Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette in ZIP code 80026. Keith Helart Park in Louisville lies about seven-tenths of a mile away in a straight line, and Washington Park is roughly a mile off.

Lake Park and Indian Peaks Golf Course are each a little under a mile and a half from the home, the course sitting on the Lafayette side. Wildlife areas are close as well, with Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary just over a mile and a half away, Greenlee Wildlife Preserve in Lafayette just over two miles out and the Davidson Mesa open space in Louisville at a little over two miles. Hollyhock Lane suits older adults who want assisted living inside a small residential home, with meals cooked to their own tastes and oversight from staff around the clock.

It also fits elders on Medicare who would like to stay with the physician and pharmacy they have already chosen. The setting also suits a resident who enjoys being near parks and wildlife areas while living a short drive from Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette. Families who prefer to see the house in person can arrange a visit ahead of time by phone or email. Three hospitals are within about 12 minutes of the home by car.

Foothills Hospital on Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder is roughly 10 minutes away, Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital on Exempla Circle in Lafayette is about 11 minutes, and AdventHealth Avista on Health Park Drive in Louisville is close to 12 minutes. Good Samaritan has 234 beds, Foothills has 181 and AdventHealth Avista has 114, and all three are short-term hospitals. For groceries and errands, King Soopers on East South Boulder Road in Louisville is a little under two miles away in a straight line, and the Walmart Supercenter on Aspen Ridge Drive in Lafayette is about two and a half miles off.

Gundruk on Dagny Way and Morning Glory Cafe on Forest Park Circle, both in Lafayette, are within about a mile and a half of the house, while Zucca Italian Ristorante and Bittersweet Cafe and Confections on Main Street in Louisville sit about two miles away.