Sunrise at Cherry Creek

Last verified: October 2026 against CDPHE's registry and Find and Compare record.

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Is Sunrise at Cherry Creek in Denver licensed by the State of Colorado?

Yes. Sunrise at Cherry Creek holds an active Assisted Living Residence license from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Facility ID 2304OU, for 126 resident beds at 251 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80246. CDPHE's registry, last updated September 29, 2026, lists it as Active, with private pay as the payor source on record.

The licensee CDPHE has on file is SZR CHERRY CREEK SENIOR LIVING LLC. The licensee is the legal entity answerable to the state; it is often a property-level company, and the brand on the sign may be a separate management company.

Open Sunrise at Cherry Creek's record in CDPHE's Find and Compare tool. It shows the inspections, citations and occurrence reports summarized below; click any inspection to read the citation text and the facility's plan of correction.

What does Sunrise at Cherry Creek's CDPHE inspection record show?

CDPHE's record for Sunrise at Cherry Creek shows 8 inspections and 9 citations between 2025 and 2026. The most recent re-licensure inspection listed is dated Apr 14, 2026. Most of the visits were complaint inspections and revisits, which CDPHE makes after a complaint is filed and again to confirm fixes.

Recent inspections, newest first:

• Aug 18, 2026: Revisit: Licensure Complaint (inspection I3FR12)
• Apr 14, 2026: Licensure (Re-licensure) (inspection KTDN11)
• Jan 21, 2026: Licensure Complaint (inspection I3FR11)
• Oct 1, 2025: Revisit: Licensure Complaint (inspection EC4S12)
• Sep 9, 2025: Licensure Complaint (inspection EC4S11)
• Aug 13, 2025: General Inspection (inspection ZDH512)
• May 7, 2025: Revisit: CHOW and Licensure (Re-licensure) and Licensure Complaint (Combined) (inspection SPY212)
• May 7, 2025: Focused QMP Survey (inspection ZDH511)

The list includes a change of ownership (CHOW) inspection. When a building changes hands, ask what changed in staffing, pricing and the care-level fee schedule, and whether existing residency agreements carried over.

What incidents has Sunrise at Cherry Creek reported to CDPHE?

Sunrise at Cherry Creek filed 14 occurrence reports with CDPHE between 2023 and 2026, about 11 per 100 licensed beds. Occurrences are incidents a facility must report to the state itself, such as an abuse allegation or a resident going missing; a report is not a finding of fault.

Newest reports, by the category CDPHE assigns:

• Feb 28, 2026: Physical Abuse
• Feb 26, 2026: Brain Injury
• Jan 13, 2026: Missing Person
• Dec 17, 2025: Missing Person
• Nov 6, 2025: Missing Person

That rate is close to the median of 13 per 100 beds among the large metro communities we profile. Residences that serve more people with dementia tend to report more, and prompt reporting is itself required, so ask what the residence learned from recent reports rather than judging the count alone. Each report in CDPHE's tool opens a summary of what happened and what the facility did.

How large is Sunrise at Cherry Creek compared with other assisted living in Denver?

Sunrise at Cherry Creek is licensed for 126 beds, more than 93% of the 421 active assisted living residences in the seven-county Denver metro, where the median is 12 beds. It is the No. 10 by size of the 65 CDPHE-licensed ALRs with a Denver address.

Denver County has 45 active ALRs with 3,072 licensed beds in total. 33 of the 65 in Denver are small homes of 16 beds or fewer, usually a converted house with a few caregivers rather than a purpose-built community. Large buildings tend to have a dining room, an activity staff and more caregivers on each shift; small homes trade that for a household feel.

Does Sunrise at Cherry Creek accept Health First Colorado (Medicaid)?

Not according to CDPHE. Sunrise at Cherry Creek is licensed as an Assisted Living Residence without Alternative Care Facility certification, and the payor source on record is private pay. Families using Health First Colorado's HCBS-EBD waiver need one of the 148 ACF-certified residences in the metro.

The waiver pays for personal care in an ACF, not room and board. See how the HCBS-EBD waiver works.

Does Sunrise at Cherry Creek offer memory care?

CDPHE's public data does not say whether Sunrise at Cherry Creek runs a secure memory-care area, because Colorado licenses memory care under the same ALR license. Ask the residence directly, and if it does, request its written secure-environment disclosure under 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 7, Part 25.

Compare residences the registry identifies as memory care in the Denver memory care directory.

How much does assisted living cost near Sunrise at Cherry Creek?

CDPHE does not publish prices, and we do not list a price for Sunrise at Cherry Creek. Across the Denver metro in 2026, assisted living typically runs about $3,200 to $5,800 a month and secured memory care about $4,500 to $7,800, before care-level charges.

Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee schedule, the community fee and the last two years of rate increases in writing. Compare with assisted living costs in Denver.

Which hospitals are closest to Sunrise at Cherry Creek?

The closest acute-care hospital to Sunrise at Cherry Creek is HCA HealthONE Rose in Denver, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, using CDPHE's own facility locations.

• HCA HealthONE Rose, 4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80220: 1.3 mi
• National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206: 1.9 mi
• HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's, 1719 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218: 2.7 mi

Ask which hospital residents are usually taken to, and whether a visiting physician sees residents on site.

What other licensed assisted living is near Sunrise at Cherry Creek?

There are 18 other CDPHE-licensed assisted living residences within three miles of Sunrise at Cherry Creek. The nearest is Acoya Cherry Creek, about 0.1 miles away, with 167 licensed beds.

• Acoya Cherry Creek, Denver: 167 beds, CDPHE ID 23U03F, 0.1 mi
• Kavod Senior Life, Denver: 35 beds, CDPHE ID 230445, 0.5 mi
• Hilltop Reserve, Denver: 99 beds, CDPHE ID 23J981, 1.1 mi
• Rosemark at Mayfair Park, Denver: 98 beds, CDPHE ID 23E998, 1.6 mi
• Springbrooke Senior Living, Denver: 151 beds, CDPHE ID 2304I0, 1.9 mi
• Brookdale Parkplace, Denver: 93 beds, CDPHE ID 2304A2, 2.0 mi

How should you evaluate Sunrise at Cherry Creek before choosing it?

Start with the public record, then visit twice. For Sunrise at Cherry Creek specifically, ask for the statement of deficiencies from its most-cited inspection and the plan of correction, and ask what changed after the ownership change.

Visit at different times of day. Ask to see the care-plan review schedule, and talk with a resident's family member in the lobby if you can. You can also call the Colorado Long-Term Care Ombudsman (303-862-3524) about any residence.

What should you ask on a tour of Sunrise at Cherry Creek?

Bring questions the CDPHE record can't answer: night staffing, how Sunrise at Cherry Creek decides a resident needs more care, and how the monthly fee changes when it does.

• What changed in staffing, pricing or policies after the recent change of ownership?
• How do you respond to a fall at 2 a.m. — who checks on the resident, and when is family called?
• Which entity holds the CDPHE license, and has ownership or management changed in the last two years?
• What care needs would require a move out of assisted living, and how much notice do you give?
• How do residents raise a concern, and how quickly is it answered?
• How long have the administrator and the director of resident care been in their roles?
• Do you operate a secure environment for dementia, and may I have your written disclosure for it?
• Can I read your most recent CDPHE inspection report, including any statement of deficiencies and your plan of correction?