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Senior & Elder Care in Denver

Denver-area senior care runs from the country's largest PACE provider, headquartered here since 1989, to a Highlands Ranch community that swept U.S. News's 2026 Best Senior Living “Best Of” categories.

Every item on this page clears one bar: not commonplace, not everywhere. These are real, named resources with their actual verified designation or certification — not a generic "has a hospital" or "has a gym" list. We left out anything we couldn't independently verify or that didn't clearly clear that bar, the same honesty rule used throughout this site — a shorter, accurate list beats a padded one.
Largest PACE provider in the United States

InnovAge

InnovAge, headquartered in Denver, is the nation's largest provider of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a Medicare/Medicaid model that keeps frail seniors living independently instead of in a nursing home. Founded in 1989 as a single Denver pilot site, InnovAge has grown to 20 locations across 6 states and is publicly traded (NASDAQ: INNV).

U.S. News 2026 “Best Of” Continuing Care Retirement Community

Vi at Highlands Ranch

Vi at Highlands Ranch, a continuing care retirement community south of Denver, earned four “Best Of” designations in U.S. News & World Report's 2026 Best Senior Living Ratings — Best Independent Living, Best Assisted Living, Best Memory Care, and Best Continuing Care Retirement Community — plus four additional “High Performing” accolades, based on more than 540,000 consumer surveys nationwide.

One of the nation's first hospices

The Denver Hospice

The Denver Hospice, founded in 1978, was Denver's first hospice program and one of the first hospices in the country — established years before hospice care became a standard Medicare benefit. It remains the region's leading not-for-profit provider of hospice and palliative care.

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