Grand Junction has 20 state-licensed assisted living communities: 13 larger communities and 7 small residential homes (16 or fewer residents). The median cost of assisted living in Colorado is $6,584 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
Most communities don't publish prices. Tell us who you're looking for and a local advisor will send current rates and availability for the assisted living options that fit.
Both are licensed by Colorado as assisted living. Larger communities suit people who want social life and on-site services; small homes suit people who do better with quiet, familiar routines, including many people with dementia. Colorado words these licenses as “Assisted Living Residence (ALR/ACF)” (11), “Assisted Living Residence (ALR ONLY)” (8), “Assisted Living Residence (ALR/BISL)” (1).
Every assisted living community Colorado licenses in Grand Junction, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified reviews are listed first, then by size.
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The median cost of assisted living in Colorado is $6,584 a month ($79,008 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. Small residential homes often cost less than larger communities, though care needs, room type and services move the price more than the building does.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
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From 22,911 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
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Colorado publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: data-cdphe.opendata.arcgis.com. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Colorado licenses 20 assisted living communities in Grand Junction as of September 2026: 13 larger communities and 7 small residential homes of 16 or fewer residents, with about 1,014 licensed spots in all.
The median cost of assisted living in Colorado is $6,584 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet, or ask a Lilisity advisor for current prices.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. Colorado's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Colorado publishes its licensing records at data-cdphe.opendata.arcgis.com. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.
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