Senior care in Belen, New Mexico

Data as of November 1, 2026 (HCA) and October 1, 2026 (CMS)

How many licensed assisted living facilities are in Belen, NM?

Belen (ZIP 87002) has no assisted living facility in the part of HCA's directory we could read as of November 1, 2026, so families there look to the nearest licensed facilities listed below and to its 1 nursing home.

Where is Belen, and what is it like for older adults?

Belen is a railroad city in southern Valencia County, about 35 miles south of Albuquerque on I-25, with neighborhoods on both sides of the Rio Grande.

Which licensed assisted living facilities are closest to Belen?

Outside Belen itself, the nearest licensed assisted living facilities in the part of HCA's directory we could read are Senior Living Systems Assisted Living Program in Los Lunas (about 9 miles, 15 beds); Senior Living Systems in Los Lunas (about 9 miles, 15 beds); Good Life Memory Care in Los Lunas (about 12 miles, 16 beds).

Where are the nearest large assisted living communities to Belen?

Communities licensed for more than 30 residents are where most secured memory care wings and scheduled activity programs are found; the closest to Belen are Brookdale Valencia (100 beds, about 31 miles); Ravenna Assisted Living (45 beds, about 31 miles); The Woodmark At Uptown (144 beds, about 33 miles).

Ask each one whether it operates a secured memory care unit under 8.370.14.70 NMAC; HCA's directory does not say.

Which nursing homes serve Belen, and how does CMS rate them?

Belen has 1 CMS-certified nursing home: Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (120 beds, CMS overall 4 of 5).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Data Catalog – Nursing Home Provider Information, data as of October 1, 2026. Star ratings shown are the official CMS Five-Star ratings.

Which hospice and home health agencies have offices in Belen?

CMS lists no Medicare-certified hospices and 1 home health agency with an office address in Belen: Ambercare Home Health. Agencies based elsewhere in the metro also serve the area.

All metro hospices → · All home health agencies →

Do Belen families have to move to Albuquerque for care?

Not always. Belen has a small amount of licensed residential care, and Los Lunas is 15 minutes north, so many Belen families compare those first and look to Albuquerque only for larger communities, memory care units or nursing homes.

Ask any Valencia County facility which hospital it sends residents to; many routine and emergency visits still go north to Albuquerque.

Who helps older adults in Belen find services?

Belen is in Valencia County, served by the Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging, run by the North Central New Mexico Economic Development District (Planning and Service Area 2 includes Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties); start with 1-800-432-2080 (the statewide Aging and Disability Resource Center), and use the ADRC for Medicaid Community Benefit questions and free Medicare counseling.

Valencia County agencies and phone numbers →

What does assisted living cost in Belen, NM?

The honest answer for Belen is that nobody publishes a local median. Statewide, CareScout's 2025 figures are $5,950 a month for assisted living and $9,125 a month for a semi-private nursing home room, and a secured memory care unit usually costs more than standard assisted living, by an amount no survey publishes.

New Mexico cost medians and how families pay →

What the public record shows and does not show for Belen