Colorado Assisted Living Homes LLC to open in Centennial

When Eunice and Tom Kinrade decided to open their first residential assisted living home ten years ago, little did they know what the future had in store. Now ten years later they are opening their eleventh residential home in the Centennial/Littleton area.

Colorado Assisted Living Homes LLC owns and operates small, residential family assisted living homes. They provide professional care for those who can no longer live alone and need some assistance with the activities of daily life. A full range of services are offered including assistance with dressing, bathing, and personal hygiene. Wheelchairs and walkers are accepted, as well as incontinence, Parkinson's, diabetes, dementia and Alzheimer's.

At first glance, there's nothing unconventional about their newest home located on Panama Street, the quiet residential setting has a warm and inviting feel as you enter. "We have created a true family environment, this is the type home our parents and grandparents have lived in all their lives," Tom said. "We create homes that I would be proud the have my mother live in, it feels like home, a comfortable place to live."

Each Colorado Assisted Living home has between six and eight residents. "This is not your large impersonal institution, said Eunice; we have created small intimate home environments. We provide personal care, 24 hours a day, by loving and compassionate caregivers. We believe in helping each resident function at their highest level of independence to preserve their dignity and self worth."

At Colorado Assisted Living homes residents are not sitting depressed behind the closed doors of their rooms. "We know where our residents are, Eunice said, we are able to give them one on one care, we never have more that eight residents per staff and most of the time we have four residents to one staff."

At Colorado Assisted Living Homes small doesn't mean less. Quite the contrary, all Colorado Assisted Living homes offer a full array of activities and events. "Each home has a piano, the residents love to sing along to the old standards, Eunice said. We have a nurse that leads an exercise program at each house. We have an activities director that comes up with great activities and outings. We have bingo, puzzles, and many crafts as well as ice cream socials and spontaneous trips to the Dairy Queen or a restaurant. Residents also enjoy special activities like the Country Dinner Play House or the White Fence Farm. Each quarter there is a family night, where families are encouraged to come and enjoy a meal or BarBQ with the resident."

Each home provides three meals per day in the quiet family dinning room plus snacks and drinks are available anytime. Resident's rooms may be private or semi-private and may be decorated with the resident's personal belongings. The resident is encouraged to bring furniture, like their favorite chair, dressers or beds, anything that makes it their home. Suites are also available for married couples.
Eunice Kinrade is a RN with a BSN in nursing from Regis University in Denver. She and Tom started Colorado Assisted Living Homes LLC in 1997 because she loved caring for the elderly. They are both active full time owner operators in their homes. "Every resident in our home is treated with the same kindness and respect, the way I would want my mother to be treated" Eunice explains. "Our mission is to enrich the quality of life for each of our residents."

Colorado Assisted Living Homes LLC can be reached at 303-948-0555 or visit their web site at www.coloradoassistedliving.com.