Friendship House at the Home

On the Colorado list of Medicaid providers. Listed as Friendship House at the Home under Alternative Care Facility (Health First Colorado EBD waiver). (state list, as of Sep 9, 2026)

Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.

How Medicaid pays for care in Colorado

• Alternative Care Facility (ACF) services through the Elderly, Blind, and Disabled (EBD) waiver. Health First Colorado (Medicaid) pays for services in assisted living residences that are certified as Alternative Care Facilities. Members must be enrolled in the EBD waiver, the CMHS waiver or the Medicaid Buy-In Program. (state page)
• Community Mental Health Supports (CMHS) waiver. Health First Colorado (Medicaid) pays for services in assisted living residences that are certified as Alternative Care Facilities. Members must be enrolled in the EBD waiver, the CMHS waiver or the Medicaid Buy-In Program. (state page)
• Medicaid Buy-In Program. Health First Colorado (Medicaid) pays for services in assisted living residences that are certified as Alternative Care Facilities. Members must be enrolled in the EBD waiver, the CMHS waiver or the Medicaid Buy-In Program. (state page)

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

St Thomas More Hospital, Canon City. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Progressive Care Center, Canon City. 0.2 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Maxim Healthcare Services Inc, Pueblo. 32.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 81212 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).

Hospice

7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 81212.
Fremont Regional Hospice, office in Canon City, 0.6 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, Woodland Park. 38.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)

Wildfire risk to homes

In Cañon City, CO, risk to homes is greater than 77% of communities in Colorado and 91% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.