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| Oaknoll Retirement Residence | AL IL NH | Iowa City (Roosevelt) | 70
Facility
70
IA AVG
71
Rank
#156 / 407 | No |
33
Facility
33
IA AVG
45
Rank
#344 / 528 | Private Rooms | 49
Facility
49
IA AVG
19
Rank
#13 / 282 |
81.4%
Facility
81.4%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#111 / 379 | - | 12 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
7
Rank
#57 / 348 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#250 / 348 |
| Mill Pond | AL IL MC NH SNF | Ankeny | 60
Facility
60
IA AVG
71
Rank
#214 / 407 | Yes |
16
Facility
16
IA AVG
45
Rank
#439 / 528 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 23
Facility
23
IA AVG
19
Rank
#107 / 282 |
98.3%
Facility
98.3%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#14 / 379 | - | 16 | 5
Facility
5
IA AVG
7
Rank
#158 / 348 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#250 / 348 |
| Green Hills Retirement Community | AL IL MC NH SNF | Ames (Hamilton Drive) | 56
Facility
56
IA AVG
71
Rank
#234 / 407 | Yes |
18
Facility
18
IA AVG
45
Rank
#430 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 40
Facility
40
IA AVG
19
Rank
#24 / 282 |
78.6%
Facility
78.6%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#130 / 379 | - | 11 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
7
Rank
#57 / 348 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#298 / 348 |
| Friendship Village | AL IL MC NH SNF | Waterloo | 72
Facility
72
IA AVG
71
Rank
#143 / 407 | No |
52
Facility
52
IA AVG
45
Rank
#202 / 528 | 2 Bed / 3 Bed | 50
Facility
50
IA AVG
19
Rank
#8 / 282 |
91.7%
Facility
91.7%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#50 / 379 | - | 17 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
7
Rank
#1 / 348 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#298 / 348 |
| Maple Ridge Assisted Living | AL NH | Mt Ayr (Mount Ayr) | 24
Facility
24
IA AVG
71
Rank
#398 / 407 | No |
13
Facility
13
IA AVG
45
Rank
#452 / 528 | Private / Shared Rooms | 24
Facility
24
IA AVG
19
Rank
#98 / 282 | - | - | 7 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
7
Rank
#31 / 348 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#1 / 348 |
| Cedar Ridge Village | AL IL NH SNF | West Des Moines (Heritage Bend) | 40
Facility
40
IA AVG
71
Rank
#325 / 407 | Yes |
5
Facility
5
IA AVG
45
Rank
#488 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 8
Facility
8
IA AVG
19
Rank
#202 / 282 |
95.0%
Facility
95.0%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#24 / 379 | A+ | 15 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
7
Rank
#93 / 348 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#250 / 348 |
| The Views of Marion | AL MC NH SNF | Marion | 60
Facility
60
IA AVG
71
Rank
#214 / 407 | No |
37
Facility
37
IA AVG
45
Rank
#315 / 528 | Private Rooms | 7
Facility
7
IA AVG
19
Rank
#211 / 282 |
48.3%
Facility
48.3%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#282 / 379 | - | 4 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
7
Rank
#31 / 348 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#1 / 348 |
| Calvin Community | AL NH IL MC | Des Moines (Beaverdale) | 59
Facility
59
IA AVG
71
Rank
#226 / 407 | No |
61
Facility
61
IA AVG
45
Rank
#145 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
19
Rank
#268 / 282 |
93.2%
Facility
93.2%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#42 / 379 | - | 17 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
7
Rank
#57 / 348 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#298 / 348 |
| Independence Village of Waukee | AL NH IL MC SNF | Waukee | 34
Facility
34
IA AVG
71
Rank
#373 / 407 | Yes |
38
Facility
38
IA AVG
45
Rank
#305 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 15
Facility
15
IA AVG
19
Rank
#164 / 282 |
41.2%
Facility
41.2%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#332 / 379 | - | 12 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
7
Rank
#57 / 348 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#298 / 348 |
| Corridor Crossing Place | AL MC RESC RC | Cedar Rapids (Southwest Area) | 61
Facility
61
IA AVG
71
Rank
#210 / 407 | No |
44
Facility
44
IA AVG
45
Rank
#269 / 528 | Private Rooms | 31
Facility
31
IA AVG
19
Rank
#42 / 282 | - | - | 9 | 6
Facility
6
IA AVG
7
Rank
#187 / 348 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#1 / 348 |
| Amelia Senior Living | AL | Council Bluffs (Ferndale) | 62
Facility
62
IA AVG
71
Rank
#202 / 407 | Yes |
2
Facility
2
IA AVG
45
Rank
#500 / 528 | Studio / 1 Bed | 31
Facility
31
IA AVG
19
Rank
#42 / 282 |
61.3%
Facility
61.3%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#218 / 379 | A+ | 10 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
7
Rank
#57 / 348 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#250 / 348 |
| Edencrest at The Tuscany | AL IL MC RC | Altoona | 40
Facility
40
IA AVG
71
Rank
#325 / 407 | Yes |
14
Facility
14
IA AVG
45
Rank
#444 / 528 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 5
Facility
5
IA AVG
19
Rank
#232 / 282 |
92.5%
Facility
92.5%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#44 / 379 | - | 7 | 4
Facility
4
IA AVG
7
Rank
#131 / 348 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#1 / 348 |
| Independence Village of Ames | AL MC RC | Ames | 30
Facility
30
IA AVG
71
Rank
#390 / 407 | No |
51
Facility
51
IA AVG
45
Rank
#213 / 528 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 25
Facility
25
IA AVG
19
Rank
#87 / 282 |
100.0%
Facility
100.0%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#1 / 379 | A+ | 21 | 11
Facility
11
IA AVG
7
Rank
#279 / 348 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#281 / 348 |
| Thornton Heights Assisted Living | AL NH | Lansing (Main Street) | 26
Facility
26
IA AVG
71
Rank
#397 / 407 | No |
14
Facility
14
IA AVG
45
Rank
#444 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 22
Facility
22
IA AVG
19
Rank
#120 / 282 | - | - | 7 | 1
Facility
1
IA AVG
7
Rank
#31 / 348 | 0
Facility
0
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#1 / 348 |
| Northridge Village | AL IL MC NH SNF | Ames (Somerset) | 38
Facility
38
IA AVG
71
Rank
#352 / 407 | Yes |
44
Facility
44
IA AVG
45
Rank
#269 / 528 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 10
Facility
10
IA AVG
19
Rank
#189 / 282 |
94.7%
Facility
94.7%
IA AVG
66.2%
Rank
#28 / 379 | A | 15 | 3
Facility
3
IA AVG
7
Rank
#93 / 348 | 2
Facility
2
IA AVG
0.8
Rank
#281 / 348 |
The Rehabilitation Center of Belmond operates a 44-bed skilled nursing facility located at 1107 7th Street NE in Belmond, Iowa. Financial accounts are managed through public insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid along with private pay, providing families with multiple paths to handle medical bills. Lengths of stay average around 130 days, meaning the daily routine balances short-term recovery care for post-hospital patients with traditional extended-stay setups.
An average of 3 hours and 42 minutes of direct daily care is delivered to each resident by the hands-on nursing team. This round-the-clock staffing plan utilizes registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides who work together to coordinate transitional medical recovery and routine physical wellness. The building features on-site laundry services and a private family gathering room for daily amenities, while the local neighborhood scores a 60 out of 100 for walkability, making a vehicle helpful for most out-of-town trips.
Prospective representatives can touch base with the front office to check on current bed availability, learn about the physical rehab programs, or book a time to see the family room. The administrative staff can also look over your insurance policies and explain how private payment structures operate.
Enjoy your best years at Mj Estates, a blissful haven in Exira, IA, offering assisted living. With 37 specially designed and cozy accommodations, residents are guaranteed the utmost comfort and safety. A compassionate and well-trained team provides top-notch care tailored to their personal needs around the clock.
Residents are encouraged to make new friends and have fun with a jam-packed calendar of engaging activities and enriching programs that highlight their interests and capabilities. Delicious and well-balanced meals are also served to satisfy residents’ dietary needs and preferences. Medication management is also provided to ensure residents will not miss taking their medicines. The community is ideal for those seeking a blissful retirement, especially with its warm and nurturing environment.
Tucked away within the serene setting of Clinton, IA, Addington Place of Clinton is a blissful senior living community, offering assisted living and memory care services. The community offers residents with various apartment options, including one-bedroom, two bedroom apartments, and suite floor plans for a comfortable living experience. Ensuring residents live balanced, active, and happy lives, the community provides them with extensive support and care services provided by trained healthcare professionals.
The community also offers respite care services to residents dealing with illnesses or recovering from hospitalization or surgery, ensuring they have the care and support they need to get back on their feet. Residents also enjoy a full calendar of social events and activities to enrich their daily life. With its comprehensive services, vibrant programming, and nurturing environment, the community guarantees a comfortable retirement experience.
Woodlands Creek’s vision is to create a warm and welcoming independent living environment where seniors feel at home, fostering meaningful relationships and endless possibilities. Their mission revolves around promoting engaging social interactions and providing personalized care to nurture a sense of belonging. Woodlands prioritizes residents’ well-being, ensuring their needs are met with compassion and respect.
Residents at Woodlands Creek enjoy a vibrant lifestyle with a range of scheduled activities for independent living seniors. The community also offers comprehensive services for assisted living and memory care residents, including transportation, access to senior physicians, and round-the-clock nursing staff, ensuring comfort and security for all residents.
As a community that strives in exceedingly making its residents comfortable, Senior Star at Elmore Place has been awarded the Best Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care by the U.S. News and World Report offers the best balance of urban living and assistance with everyday living. Offering a range of opportunities tailor-fit for its residents, seniors can surely feel inspired in creating a better life with the continuum of care being provided. Senior Star is an elegant senior living home that aims to enhance and enrich the lives of its residents.
As an independent living, assisted living, memory care, short-term rehabilitation, and long-term care. Their engaging activities and programs to name a few are the recreational activities, fitness activities, and entertainment programs available for residents to take part in at the library, media room, or social areas.
The Rose of Dubuque in Dubuque, IA, is an affordable assisted living community that offers personal care. Featuring a variety of thoughtfully furnished one- and two-bedroom apartments in a warm and welcoming environment, the community ensures older adults can feel at home. 24-hour emergency response, laundry rooms, and assistance with daily living activities are among the high-quality services provided to improve residents’ quality of life. Alongside thoughtfully curated amenities and dedicated services, the community ensures residents live to their potential in retirement.
Arts and crafts, table games, and social events ensure residents can live actively and gain fun experiences. Walking paths, beautiful gardens, and a beauty salon are among the top-notch amenities available for residents’ leisure and wellness. Residents also have a laid-back retirement, surrounded by trees and green spaces in Dubuque. This assisted living community is a great choice for senior living in Iowa, ensuring older adults have the finest retirement experience.
Sunset Park Place is an elegant home built based on its residents’ convenience and comfort. The services provided and designed in the community call on its residents to expand their vibrant social lives. Management aims to raise the standard for Dubuque’s assisted living and memory care living. Arbor View is one of the trusted homes in the city that many families have gone to because they have strived to embrace its residents to a senior lifestyle that has been reimagined.
As a proud Jaybird Senior Living community member, expect services to be delivered exceptionally, offering gracious amenities that make everyday living easier. A full-service salon and barbershop, outdoor common areas, spacious lounge areas, an elegant dining room with delicious meals served, enriching assisted living activities, and specialized memory care training offered.
Trustwell Living is an assisted living community at Eagle Pointe Place that excels in delivering high-quality services at different levels of care. The person-centered community maintains elegance and professionalism for its residents, promoting mutual respect and trust and allowing them to feel empowered and comfortable in a nurturing environment. Trustwell Living inspires its seniors to continue what makes them find joy and happiness.
The vibrant home aims to enhance and enrich the experiences and lifestyle of its residents by designing specific care plans that match their interests, abilities, and needs– from specialized programs to doing arts and crafts, everything is designed to satisfy one’s holistic wellness.
Nestled in the serene neighborhood of Des Moines, IA, The Rose of East Des Moines is a paradisal senior living community, offering premiere assisted living services. The community provides an array of beautifully designed one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments with large windows for plenty of natural light and convenient access to medical facilities, restaurants, hotels, shopping, and entertainment venues. Residents feel safe and secure with round the clock emergency response systems and a dependable team available to attend to residents’ needs.
A wide selection of fun and entertaining activities tailored to residents’ various interests and passions are available to help them stay physically and mentally stimulated for maintaining their wellness. Residents also enjoy delicious, well-balanced meals served in an inviting dining room that fosters bonding and socialization. Various amenities, such as a sunroom, card & game room, cozy, reading area, and beautiful outdoor spaces are available for residents’ enjoyment.
Arlington Place of Grundy Center is an elegant home that is built based on the convenience and comfort of its residents. The services provided and designed in the community call on its residents to expand their vibrant social lives. Management aims to raise the standard for assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Iowa. Edencrest is one of the trusted homes in the city that many families have gone to.
Arlington Place’s a service based on convenience and flexibility; they want their residents to do more and think less at the same time– do more of what they love, and think less of the small stressful activities like housekeeping and laundry.
Ranking Methodology
How we rank these assisted living communities
Every community above is evaluated across six weighted categories using public data including state inspection records, review platforms, BBB profiles, and operator-published materials.
Weighting overview
- 35%Resident Experience
- 25%Regulatory
- 15%Visual Media
- 10%Website
- 10%Stability
- 5%Environment
01
Resident & Family Experience 35%
The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.
- Includes
- Review Sentiment
- Review Volume
02
Regulatory & Safety Record 25%
State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.
- Includes
- State Inspections
- Citations/Inspection
- % Inspections w/ Citations
- Complaint Visits
- Accreditations
- BBB Rating
03
Visual Media & Transparency 15%
Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.
- Includes
- Video Tours
- Virtual Walkthroughs
- Photo Quantity
- Photo Quality
04
Website & Operator Transparency 10%
Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.
- Includes
- Website Content
- Mobile Usability
- Staff Info Available
- Owner Info Available
05
Community Stability 10%
Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.
- Includes
- Occupancy Rate
- Bed Options
06
Environment & Pricing 5%
Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.
- Includes
- Walk Score
- Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Living in Iowa
What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Iowa?
Assisted living in Iowa supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.
What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in Iowa?
Assisted living in Iowa is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.
Does Iowa Medicaid cover assisted living?
Iowa Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for assisted living, but most states (including Iowa) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.
What is assisted living?
Assisted living combines private or semi-private apartments with help on activities of daily living (meals, bathing, dressing, medication management) and a social calendar — for residents who need some support but do not need 24/7 medical care.
How many assisted living facilities are listed on this page?
This page features 333 assisted living facilities in Iowa. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.
How do I choose the right assisted living facility in Iowa?
Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Iowa, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.
What should I look for when visiting assisted living facilities in Iowa?
Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.












