Aging in Place in Your State: Colorado

Colorado is known for its “Rocky Mountain high,” and the Centennial State does, in truth, have many elevated features, from the “Mile High City” of Denver to the country’s highest suspension bridge (Royal Gorge), the highest point on America’s interstate highway system (the Eisenhower Tunnel), the country’s tallest sand dune (at Great Sand Dunes National Park), its highest-elevation incorporated city (Leadville), and the simple fact that Colorado has the highest mean altitude of any of the 50 U.S. states.

And, as you might expect, Colorado has a fittingly high level of federal- and state-funded services that provide support to help its seniors live independently as they age.