Continuing-Care Retirement Community Aurora, Colorado
Shalom Park is an elder community in Aurora, Colorado, providing long-term nursing care and rehabilitation with 24-hour professional staffing. It follows the Eden Alternative, a model that treats loneliness, helplessness and boredom as the real problems of institutional care and reorganizes daily life around companionship and purpose.
The community describes itself as a loving home where each person grows and learns, and its staff are called Care Partners rather than aides, which is characteristic of the model.
Amenities include a bistro and salon, a wellness center, activities programming and gardens. A virtual tour is available on the community's site.
Long-term nursing care is usually funded through Medicaid or private pay, with Medicare covering a rehabilitation stay. Ask which applies, and look up the community's current inspection record with Colorado before deciding.
Recognized as a 'High Performer' in the HRC Long-Term Care Equality Index.
A policy benchmark scored by HRC in a given year; not a care-quality rating.
SourceWe don't yet have documented couples or chosen-family policy details for this organization. Ask them directly, and let us know what you learn.
No trans-inclusive care documentation is on file yet. This does not indicate exclusion, ask the provider about their specific practices.
No LGBTQIA+ aging staff-training credential is on file for this organization. That is not evidence of exclusion, so ask them directly what training their staff receive.
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Shalom Park is staffed around the clock. Front-desk, tour and office hours may be narrower, so call ahead if you are visiting.
Nursing staff are on site 24 hours a day. Call for administrative and tour hours.
Hours last confirmed August 6, 2026. Holiday and seasonal hours can differ, so please confirm before visiting.
14800 East Belleview Dr.
Aurora, Colorado
Serves Aurora, CO
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This provider is a Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home, which means federal and state inspectors visit it and publish what they find. It has 135 certified beds.
The nursing home on the Shalom Park campus is certified with Medicare as Beth Israel at Shalom Park.
Built mainly from the health inspection rating, then adjusted by staffing and quality measures.
Based on what state inspectors found on their last three annual visits and any complaint investigations. The only one of the four measured entirely by an outsider.
Nursing hours per resident per day, drawn from payroll records rather than self-report, and adjusted for how much care the residents need.
Clinical outcomes the home reports itself, such as falls, pressure sores and hospital readmissions.
These ratings do not measure affirming care. Nothing an inspector checks asks whether staff will use your name, treat your partner as your partner, or respect a trans resident's body and history. A five-star home can get all of that wrong, and a home that has trained every member of staff can still be short of nurses. Read the two together, and ask about the second one yourself.
Source: CMS Care Compare provider data, July 29, 2026. CMS certification number 065303. Ratings and citations change between inspections, so check Care Compare for the current record before you decide.
In Colorado, nursing homes and hospices are licensed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Its public register is the place to confirm this provider holds a current licence and to read whatever inspection history the state publishes.
The tool shows inspection findings from the past five years and the provider's plan of correction for each.
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10 things worth asking before you decide, chosen because the public record does not answer them. A blank means nobody has published the answer, not that the answer is bad.
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About this information: Evidence labels describe documented policies, credentials or public recommendations as of the reviewed date shown, they are not a guarantee of care quality, and a paid listing plan never influences them. Details can change; please confirm anything important directly with the provider.
Last updated August 6, 2026. Suggest a correction.
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