Christian writer C. S. Lewis said, “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” What better time to chase new dreams than after moving into a vibrant new home where you’re surrounded by community and support?

We’re excited to host a special networking event, Have Your Cake and Eat It Too, right here at Bethesda Gardens Monument on Thursday, February 22nd, from 4:00-6:00PM. In addition to enjoying some sweet treats (which everyone deserves in the middle of winter), visitors will have the chance to meet and mingle with our senior care professionals, including our Executive Director Cara Thomas and our Health Services Director, Jessica Johnson, LPN.We hope you’ll join us and find out more ab...

Ask any of our friendly team members at Bethesda Gardens Monument, and they’ll tell you one of the things we’re most proud of with our new assisted living and memory care community is being able to fill a need in Monument, Colorado.Everyone here—and in our parent company, Bethesda Senior Living Communities—believed Monument was growing rapidly and deserved a local senior living community so that area seniors who have spent their lives in Monument would be able to continue living in the community...

Cara Thomas understands the value of personal growth. As the executive director for Bethesda Gardens Monument, she wakes up every day thinking about what she can do to help her team grow and thrive.“That’s what I love about being an executive director,” she said. “I love the human impact—helping people with their careers, and providing opportunities for them.”Cara has worked in senior care for 13+ years now, having started in her native Ohio as an activities director for a community.

If you had told Larry Smith in the 1970s that he would be president of a faith-based senior living organization that operated in six states, he might have raised an eyebrow.As a young man working in the physical therapy unit of a hospital in Omaha, he knew he’d found a calling to serve seniors, thanks to a veterans’ nursing home attached to the hospital. He recalled finishing his shift and walking over to talk to the veterans in the evening.“I believe God places us in the posit...