With excellent health care options and a good public transit system, the community of Boulder offers many perks to seniors. It is less than an hour from the larger city of Denver, and is home to the Area Agency on Aging for the county, which gives seniors access to a number of services and benefits. Of the 104,175 people who live in Boulder, 11.8% are aged 65 and older.
Seniors retiring to Boulder who need additional help with daily living may find an assisted living community to be the right senior care option. Assisted living communities provide apartment-like homes with daily help with the activities of daily living. Boulder has a high average cost for assisted living of $6,275 a month, which is $1,775 higher than the national average and $1,525 higher a month than state averages.
This guide will help seniors learn more about their assisted living care options. It also explores the costs of senior care and free or low-cost resources for Boulder area seniors and their families.