The Gardens at St. Elizabeth

The Gardens at St. Elizabeth is a faith-based senior living community at 2825 West 32nd Avenue in the Highlands neighborhood of northwest Denver, with independent living, plus assisted living and dementia care. Run by the Catholic non-profit CHI Living Communities and rooted in a Franciscan tradition, it centers on a historic chapel and grounds that have served Denver's older adults for generations.

The centerpiece is a landmark chapel on the National Register of Historic Places, where daily Mass and the Rosary are part of community life. The residential tower, a fourteen-story building opened in 1988, rises beside it with roughly 145 apartments in studio, single-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts, many looking out over the city and the mountains. That vertical, urban form is unusual for senior living and gives residents long views from the upper floors.

Care spans three levels: independent living suits residents who want maintenance-free apartment living with services on hand; assisted living adds help with medications and daily routines; and a memory care program supports residents with dementia and Alzheimer's, with specially trained staff and a 24-hour call system. Spiritual care threads through all of it, reflecting the community's heritage. Daily life has a real sense of place: dining runs across casual dining rooms, a formal dining room, a coffee bistro, and a fourteenth-floor pub with views, all serving chef-prepared, home-style food.

The grounds hold a community garden, an English garden, walking paths, and an off-leash dog park, and indoors residents have a fitness studio, a movie theater, a game room, two libraries, and a salon and spa. The Gardens at St. Elizabeth suits households that put faith at the center, drawn to a non-profit with deep history and a walkable Highlands address. Pets are welcome, with an on-site dog park, and a senior advisor can confirm current Medicaid options for the care level a family needs.

The setting is among the most walkable in Denver: Highlands Square, with its shops and restaurants along 32nd Avenue, is just blocks away, and the Lower Highlands and Tennyson Street dining districts and Sloan's Lake are all within a short distance. Saint Joseph Hospital is around two miles east, and Interstate 25 runs just beyond for relatives heading in. Under CHI Living Communities, a Catholic non-profit network, The Gardens at St.

Elizabeth offers something hard to replicate: a historic chapel, a Franciscan heritage, and long views over Denver, paired with a full range of senior living in the heart of the Highlands.