Senior Housing Options Inc

Our vision is that Colorado’s older adults live and thrive in a safe, caring community regardless of their financial means.

In 2019 Senior Housing Options celebrated 40 years of serving the low income adults and adults with disabilities communities. We have made great strides in our last 40 years, and moving forward our plan in to continue to build, update, and grow.

Our 2019-2020 plans are a total renovation of our Olin Subsidized Housing Units, and continued upgrades to our lower downtown Denver Assisted Living Facility, The Barth Hotel. These renovations will enhance and improve the lives of the individuals that call these facilities their home with updated individuals units, fitness area, and upgraded outdoor courtyard.

We serve nearly 400 residents in ten residences throughout the State. And we are dedicated to ensuring that our services are available to those that need us the most. We promote a resident-centered culture where we honor individual choices, respect uniqueness and promote dignity of the individual. Our environments offer opportunities for growth, purpose, and a sense of community and belonging.

In 2019 SHO hired a full time Marketing and Development Manager to work with local healthcare organizations. In working with local organization we can collaborate and continue to provide education on our services.

We have increased our online and social media presence, allowing us to reach more individuals with our message of support for seniors and adults with disabilities. Our hopeful outcome is that we attract those individuals who have family member for whom they are seeking a safe environment for in the later years, as well as younger volunteers and donors to keep SHO's messages alive for years to come.

We have expanded our online giving platform to include an Amazon Smiles campaign to expand our giving community to include all individual giving abilities. Where we are grateful for our large donors and grants, we are equally as grateful for the individual able to give $1, or add an extra item for donation to their Amazon cart.

SHO is enhancing donor opportunities through online platform giving through our website, Giving Tuesday campaign, Quarterly Newsletters, and two major fundraising events in 2019-2020. In addition SHO will increase grant submissions to secure organizational donations to allow us to enhance, update, and grow our facilities in order to increase the number of individuals we may serve.

SHO's 2019-2020 Board of Directors is a strong diverse collaboration of individuals. Our Board of Directors has a "Give or Get" campaign that keeps them directly involved with raising funds for the organization. Within the Board we have members in the fields of Law, Low Income Housing, Real Estate, Banking/Lending, Project Management and Development, and Health & Human Services.

Each member of the Board is passionate about SHO's population.

Within SHO's leadership there is a combined 75 years of working with undeserved populations.

Rebranding - SHO - 06/2019 - A “rebranding process” offered the opportunity to consider in depth what Senior Housing Options means to our core constituents - we gathered residents, volunteers, donors, partners, Board members, and staff to learn about ourselves. These groups helped us to define what is unique about SHO: It’s the foundation of stewardship, a sense of belonging and purpose toward something great in Colorado. Something to call home and be proud of. This new “brand” is a way to convey the essence of our organization – that Senior Housing Options is safe and sound. The image of a lantern is combined with images of a door and a welcome mat.

September House Remodeling - 05/2019 - Thanks to funding from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, our September House Apartments underwent a renovation of all units and the common spaces that all residents use. Each apartment got a complete overhaul with new appliances, flooring, bathrooms and even new air conditioning units.

LoDo Cares provides new laundry units to The Barth Hotel 03/2019 - LoDo Cares, the non-profit arm of Lower Downtown Denver's neighborhood business district, gathered over $6000 to help purchase new washers and dryers for the Barth Hotel. Delivered in a light snow shower this spring, they are now up and cleaning for our 62 low-income residents at the Barth Hotel Assisted Living.