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MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

10100 W. 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

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8.1
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27 reviews
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8.1
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27 reviews
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  • 4 star
    11%
  • 3 star
    7%
  • 2 star
    11%
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Debra M

Resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Helpful and caring!

We moved my father here from independent living when he needed assisted-living. He was there for three months (before passing) and they were great! They were awesome at getting to know him, helping him as his needs changed, and truly loving on him. We had great communication with them for his needs. We couldn’t have asked for a better place for the last few months of his life.

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MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

Assisted Living Wheat Ridge – Join Our Community

Dedicated to making your retirement years carefree, MorningStar Assisted Living and Memory Care of Wheat Ridge provides seniors with the finest assisted living Wheat Ridge has to offer. Offering a lifestyle of comfort, wellness and community, our team works diligently to offer residents a quality of life other senior living communities simply cannot match.
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Assisted Living: Wheat Ridge CO Area’s Top Choice is MorningStar
At MorningStar of Wheat Ridge, we’re proud to offer 45 bright suites for assisted living with spacious studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom floor plans (some over 700 square feet). Within our Reflections Neighborhood, we also offer 19 secure suites devoted to the individualized, specialized care of residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. MorningStar is a private pay community (we do not accept Medicaid).

Nestled in the heart of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (a 9-mile-square suburb on the north side of Metro Denver), MorningStar of Wheat Ridge is proud to be part of brand new Kipling Ridge, the city’s largest re-gentrification project in nearly three decades. Our new neighbors are Sprouts natural foods market and Starbucks. Across the street from our community is the neighborhood Rec...

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

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for MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

8.1 out of 10
Review Score27 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
3.5
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Care Services
3.4
Staff
4.1
Meals & Dining
3.8
Activities
3.5
Value for Cost
3.1

A Place for Mom has scored MorningStar of Wheat Ridge with 8.1 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, MorningStar of Wheat Ridge has 27 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 3.5 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 10/9/25

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Resident/client

October 9, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Everybody had been more than polite and welcoming, and genuine to their feelings.

Debra M

Assisted Living

Resident/client

September 10, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Helpful and caring!

We moved my father here from independent living when he needed assisted-living. He was there for three months (before passing) and they were great! They were awesome at getting to know him, helping him as his needs changed, and truly loving on him. We had great communication with them for his needs. We couldn’t have asked for a better place for the last few months of his life.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 4, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

A grain of salt

Don't believe everything they tell you in the first meeting. Yes they are a good place, however it could take a few times of family members asking to get something done for your loved ones- If at all. It's VERY expensive and probably a lot like any other memory care

Megan Strong

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 30, 2025

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Friendly at the onset but as fall hazard arise they are mean and pushy

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 25, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Friendly staff

What stood out the most - The staff is very friendly. Good activities. The meals are very good.

Karla B

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 27, 2025

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

My mom

A senior care facility should prioritize compassion, respect, and professionalism, but unfortunately, that was not our experience here. If you’re considering this place for a loved one, I strongly encourage you to look elsewhere. No family should have to go through what we did.I Regret placing my mother here. The level of care and attention she received was far below what was promised. Her needs were not properly met, and the staff seemed either overwhelmed or indifferent to her well-being. Communication was poor, and concerns were often ignored or dismissed

Bonnie H

Assisted Living

Resident/client

November 26, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Good place to live

I've lived here more than a year. With one exception I have been pleased with the personal here. Most bring smile and good humor to their work.

Megan

Memory Care

Family/friend

October 16, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Would not recommend

The friendliness of the CNA's is a 5, but a 1 for management. Initially was really good then was worst experience. She was not given her meds every day. Trash in her room a lot. Got told we had to move her out because she fell too much and they cannot care for people that are fall risks. Will not use alarms and wanted us to pay the [fee removed] a month plus pay for an outside person to be with them 24/7 to watch if they fall. Not helpful with facilitating for her care and for the money we paid would never send another loved one to that facility. The daily care people the CNAs and aids were good but management is horrible and will not help families.

Julie B

Memory Care

Family/friend

October 1, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Not great if I could give a 0 I would

Not a good experience. Was good at first and the intake but we are no longer there. They don’t have ability to help seniors if they are fall risks. If they are prone to falls be prepared that on top of the almost [removed] per month they want to require you to provide 24 hour one on one fall watch care at their facility and pay for that through a outside company and still pay their monthly rate. They will not use bed or chair alarms. When we moved her out they gave us her meds and multiple days were not given to her. [name removed] was great but the others that facilitate the care were very difficult to work with. Dirty dishes in her room a lot and her room would be a mess most of the time. Their experience in this field was misleading by the lead nurse and facility director.

Beth

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 29, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

As much as I like them and the facility I would say.... If they r taking care of the meds, make sure to always watch and check the statements; my parents bathroom was not cleaned nearly good enough; keep in mind to "order" a person to help feed/hydrate them; be as present as possible so the workers know that your loved one(s) will not get overlooked and that if that does happen, it is addressed and chances will be lessened to happen again; and with any place you decide on, always keep as close of an eye on your loved one(s) as possible. With any issue that I had, I went directly to the head of the floor. I made myself known with the staff and had a very good relationship with the head of the memory care floor. That way she always knew who I was calling about when I called. Even with what I wrote above, I am glad that Morningstar Wheat Ridge is the facility we picked for my parents last 9ish months of their lives. I forgot to expand on the "ordering" a person to help loved one feed/hydrate.....if your loves one(s) are not able to feed themselves well enough or can't feed themselves, the facility can arrange for a person to be with your person to help feed and hydrate them. This is at an extra cost if your person is not in Hospice.

Rick L

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 17, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

They knew all the family names. They worked with Hospice team and medical teams very closely. Very coordinated service. They often consulted with family face to face. Only issue was a lag time to make any medication changes. But that was on the safe side.

Denise

Assisted Living

Family/friend

January 22, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Best facility in West Metro Denver

We absolutely live MorningStar of Wheat Ridge! We can't say enough about the facility and the staff. Just amazing. Everything one could hope for.

Patti Larson

Memory Care

Family/friend

August 19, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Care, meds and food

My Mother is not receiving the daily care that she requires even though it's not complicated. She also is eating food that is frozen and inadequate considering what we are paying. This is not expectable and is endangering her wellbeing and safety.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 13, 2023

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Do not recommend

The care staff is amazing. I have seen meals that I would not feed a dog. Activities are almost non-existent, there is no thought or effort put into the activities. Watching YouTube is considered an activity. Instead of seeing what the residents are interested in, they just keep doing the same old things that take no effort. They keep raising the price and provide sub par food and activities. I have expressed my concerns several times and nothing changes, we are to the point where we will look into something else, my mom loves her care staff, but the rest is terrible.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

April 26, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Tour experience

We toured with MorningStar of Wheat Ridge and it was fantastic, actually our first choice. But because it was the most expensive of all the places we saw, and, most importantly, my in/laws thought it was too far away, we did not choose it. The tour was very well done and t seemed like a great place!

Rick

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 23, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Would Definitely Recommend

Great staff. Good communications. Very responsive to needs and issues. Slow, however, to respond to medical issues surrounding medications. Cumbersome process to approve new meds or to administer medications quickly.

Kathy

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 29, 2022

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
2.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Adequate-Nothing Special

We feel stuck, she has a nice apartment, the care staff is amazing. She has made some friends so we hate to move her. Management does not seem to have the residents best interest at heart. The dining room and food is a total disaster. Activities are almost nothing.

Linda M

Assisted Living

Toured community

October 19, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My tour review

I was very impressed with this community it just was out of our price range for the type of community that we were looking for.

Jim

Assisted Living

Toured community

June 14, 2021

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Our Tour Experience

At that time, a lot of tours were virtual, including our tour at MorningStar. At the same time, another place we ended up choosing allowed in-person tours. Even through a virtual tour, I could see that MorningStar was an older facility and not as nice. The people leading the tour seemed like typical salespeople, like real estate agents that didn’t want to sell real estate anymore, using all the language that just made you feel like they’re trying to sell you something.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 11, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

my review of MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Wheat Ridge

The staff is very nice and very friendly. Communication is good and they let me know if there are any issues. The community is very neat and clean and I would recommend this community if you have the money,

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

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