FAQs

Call (719) 408-0958, or send a message online.

Yes. Tours are any day, by appointment. Call (719) 408-0958 to pick a time, or request a tour online.

At 101 E Lowell St, Eads, CO 81036.

Most families notice a pattern rather than one moment. Everyday tasks like bathing, dressing or taking medications get harder, meals or bills start slipping, or there is a fall. Often the relative giving most of the care is worn out, too. When the help needed is more than family can reliably give, it is time to talk about assisted living. Our free Family Guide lists the signs and how to start that conversation. Call (719) 408-0958 if you’d like to think it through with us.

A member of our admissions team answers, talks through your questions and sets up a tour. Tours are led by our administrator, Sheri Mendez, or a senior member of her team.

Daily help with bathing, dressing and medications, plus three meals a day, housekeeping and laundry. Residents also get rides to medical appointments and hospice care when it is needed. Every room has its own bathroom.

No. Prairie Pines does not offer memory care or a secure unit. If that is the care your family needs, call (719) 408-0958, and we can talk it through.

Yes. State-certified medication aides (QMAPs) give medications on daily rounds. Before move-in, the resident’s doctor decides whether the resident manages their own medications or our staff give them.

Yes. Prairie Pines is staffed 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

They can stay right here. Prairie Pines provides hospice care, so a resident who needs it can remain in their own room with the people they know.

The monthly rate doesn’t change when care needs do. If a resident comes to need more care than assisted living gives, we talk it through with the family and help them find the right next place, such as a nursing home.

Yes. Prairie Pines has an indoor pool that residents can use any time. It is also the town’s public pool.

Breakfast is at 7:30, lunch at noon and supper at 5. Each morning brings exercise or a group activity, and the afternoons bring bingo three days a week and coffee hour on Tuesdays, when neighbors from Eads stop in. Evenings are the resident’s own.

Residents have three meals a day and choose from a menu a week ahead, with another option at every meal. The kitchen offers choices such as sugar-free dishes, but we can’t guarantee a special diet.

Visiting hours are 7 AM to 7 PM. Pets are welcome to visit during the day.

Yes. Residents are welcome to bring their own furniture, pictures and TV.

Yes. We arrange rides to medical appointments, in town and out of town. A staff member goes along when possible, so visit notes and any medication changes come back with them.

Monthly rates start at $4,500 and are set by room size. Each rate covers care, meals, housekeeping and laundry, and it doesn’t change when care needs do. Call (719) 408-0958, and we can text or email current rates and openings.

Yes. Monthly rates start at $4,500, and each rate is set by room size. Call (719) 408-0958 and our team will walk you through costs for the room your family is considering.

Yes. Prairie Pines accepts Colorado Medicaid. Medicaid must be approved before move-in, and approval can take months. Call (719) 408-0958, and we can talk through your situation.

We don’t contract with the VA. Call (719) 408-0958 to talk through your options.

Prairie Pines does not work with long-term care insurance. Families pay privately or through Colorado Medicaid.

Care and three meals a day, plus housekeeping, laundry, everyday supplies and help with rides to medical appointments. The rate is set by room size and doesn’t change when care needs do.

Bring copies of every insurance card (dental too), a driver’s license or photo ID and the Social Security card. For care, bring a full list of medications (prescription and over the counter), a list of every doctor and the doctor’s form from the application. Don’t forget medical power of attorney papers and any advance directives, such as a DNR. Residents may also bring their own furniture, pictures and TV.

Call (719) 408-0958 and ask. Our team checks openings with the administrator and can text or email you what is available, along with current rates.

Prairie Pines has 16 single rooms and 4 larger rooms that can hold two residents. Every room has its own bathroom.

First comes an assessment with our administrator, in person or by video call. Then comes an application, which includes a form for the resident’s doctor to complete. Residents paying privately can often move in within a day or two of the assessment; Medicaid must be approved first.

Yes. Prairie Pines offers short respite stays. Call (719) 408-0958 to check availability and what a stay involves.