Page 19 of Best Assisted Living in Iowa

Overview of MeadowView Memory Care Village

MeadowView Memory Care Village, located within The Views of Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids, IA, is an assisted living community with specialty in memory care services. Their community facility is specifically designed to help individuals with memory related challenges, thrive and stay as independent as possible despite their memory loss. As part of their care services, their residents are provided 24/7 supervision and care, as well as assistance with daily living activities as needed.
Additionally, MeadowView offers a beautiful array of amenities that provides additional comfort for the residents. Their atrium provides a small town setting that offers normal day experiences but in a secure environment. This includes a trip to the post office, or cooling at the ice cream parlor.

Overview of Maple Grove Senior Living

Maple Grove Senior Living offers assisted living, nursing home care, skilled nursing, and respite care in Centerville, IA. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks while a resident maintains their own apartment, nursing home and skilled nursing care provide licensed nursing support on site, and respite care offers a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

With 30 beds, Maple Grove Senior Living is a smaller community, which may suit a resident who prefers a setting where staff and residents can get to know each other. The range of assisted living, skilled nursing, and respite care may also be a good fit for a resident whose needs may grow over time or a family caregiver who needs short-term care.

Rehabilitation services are available alongside skilled nursing care, so a resident receiving nursing support can also receive recovery-focused services through the community. Patricia Smith serves as the administrator.

The area has a Walk Score of 66 and is somewhat walkable, meaning some errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives may still get out independently for nearby errands.

The Fountains is a senior living community in Bettendorf, Iowa, offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care on one campus. That range matters for families thinking past the immediate decision, because a resident whose needs change over time can often move between levels of care without leaving a familiar building and staff. The community has been in operation for 20 years and is administered by Cj Ward. With 136 beds in a mid-rise building, it sits among the larger communities in the area.

Housing runs from studios to one and two bedroom apartments. Independent living suites are set up for people who want to keep a full household routine, with complete kitchens, private bathrooms, walk-in closets, internet access, and in-unit laundry. Assisted living apartments add support with meals and housekeeping for residents who need a hand with daily tasks. Memory care and Alzheimer’s care are provided in a secure setting, and the community is pet friendly throughout.

Daily life centers on shared spaces: a restaurant-style dining room, a fitness center, a lounge, an ice cream parlor, and a chapel. The activities calendar includes religious services, dance classes, workout sessions, and game nights, and the community also offers transportation services along with fitness and recreation programming.

The setting is suburban and quiet, about four miles from Bettendorf’s city center, with MercyOne Genesis Bettendorf Emergency Care just over a mile away. The neighborhood scores 4 out of 100 for walkability, so residents and visitors will rely on a car or the community’s transportation for errands and appointments. For families in the Quad Cities area, the location keeps a hospital close at hand while placing the community away from busier commercial corridors.

Overview of Birdee Cottage Al and Mc

Birdee Cottage Al and Mc provides assisted living and memory care in Waterloo, IA. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks while residents maintain their own apartments, and memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.

The community has 33 beds, which may suit a resident who prefers a smaller setting where staff and residents can get to know one another. Studio units provide a single private living space, while private bathrooms and grab bars support residents using their personal living and bathing areas.

Special diets are accommodated, allowing meals to be adjusted for documented dietary needs. Kim Meyer serves as the administrator.

Overview of The Summit of Bettendorf Mc

The Summit of Bettendorf Mc offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, and skilled nursing in Bettendorf, IA. Independent living means private living with community services and no daily care, while assisted living includes help with daily tasks. Memory care adds a secured setting with supervision, and skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

The range of care levels may suit a resident whose needs grow over time without requiring a move elsewhere. With 32 beds, The Summit of Bettendorf Mc is a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know each other. Short term rehabilitation provides a temporary stay focused on rehabilitation, while respite care offers a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

A wellness center and winding outdoor walking paths offer on campus places for exercise. The professional salon and barbershop provide grooming services, while three restaurants give residents multiple dining locations. Pets are allowed, Medicare is accepted, and Monica Reyes serves as the administrator.

Every private bath at Northwood Pines has a walk-in shower, which sounds like a minor thing until you consider what stepping over the edge of a bathtub means for someone with the body of an 84-year-old. The Northwood, Iowa, community provides assisted living across 32 beds, with 16 occupied at last count and staffing that runs all 24 hours.

A daily activities schedule, socials and outings, religious services, and a wellness program give residents planned reasons to leave their apartment.

With a walk score of 65, the area is somewhat walkable so certain nearby destinations stay reachable on foot. Susan Nelson serves as the administrator.

Edgewood Convalescent Home in Edgewood, Iowa, provides nursing home care, assisted living support, and skilled nursing services. Assisted living programs assist residents with daily routines such as bathing, dressing, and medication administration. Temporary respite admissions give primary caregivers scheduled relief, while short-term rehabilitation services support individuals recovering from medical events.

Established in 1961 under the management of administrator Gisele Kruger, the 56-bed facility logs an average of 4 hours and 7 minutes of daily nursing care per resident. Accepted financial options include Medicare for short-term post-hospital care, Medicaid for long-term residential coverage, and direct private payment.

Located in a neighborhood with a 44 walk score, the setting relies mainly on personal or arranged transportation for off-site errands.

Prospective families exploring regional options can contact Edgewood Convalescent Home to check current availability, discuss payment methods, or schedule a visit.

Overview of Wesley Acres

A community that strives in exceedingly making its residents comfortable, the Wesley Acres offers the best balance of urban living and assistance with everyday living.  A proud member of the Wesley Senior Living Group, Acres places integrity at the heart of its mission; ensuring that residents can feel inspired in creating a better life with the continuum of care being provided. Wesley Acres is an elegant senior living home that aims to enhance and enrich the lives of its residents. 

Wesley offers 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 outdoor social areas.

Overview of Solon Nursing Care Center

Outpatient Therapy is a listed program at Solon Nursing Care Center, which means rehabilitation without checking in. Physician Services, Skilled Rehabilitation Nursing, and Long-Term Nursing Care are named on the same list. Five care types operate across 96 beds in Solon. A resident can move up a level as needs grow without leaving the community, which is the practical reason a building carries this many care types.

Independent living is defined by what nobody does for you. No one sets the day’s schedule, and community services replace errands rather than the routine.

Assisted living picks up bathing, dressing, and medication. Memory care goes further, for a person who can get lost on a route they’ve known for their whole life.

Licensed nursing support runs continuously, so what shapes a resident’s day is the care they need rather than the hour on the clock. Nursing time lands at 4 hours and 57 minutes per resident daily.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Melissa Reed serves as administrator. The area scores 54 for walkability, which puts a few errands within reach for a resident who’s given up driving, with the rest left to getting help from a relative with a car.

Overview of Scottish Rite Park Health Care Center

An indoor walking track circles Scottish Rite Park Health Care Center, and there is a pool, a hot tub, and a fitness center. A workshop, a library, and a movie theater fill out the day.

Seven care types operate across 51 beds in Des Moines: independent living, residential care, assisted living, memory care, home care, nursing home care, and skilled nursing. A resident whose needs change does not leave to get the next level.

Independent living means private living with no daily care attached. Assisted living adds bathing, dressing, and medication to that.

Memory care answers a narrower problem. Getting up and going out at an hour when nobody is awake is not something a family supervises from another house.

The area scores 91 for walking, high enough that a coffee or a haircut stays an ordinary outing rather than a scheduled trip. Rehabilitation services cover recovery from an illness or injury.

Respite sometimes needs no clinical justification at all. A person needs somebody in the building overnight, not therapy or procedures.

Nursing coverage on the skilled side reaches 5 hours and 56 minutes per resident each day and does not thin after dark. Medicare and private pay are accepted, and private funds cover what Medicare’s limited window does not. Daniel Boor serves as administrator.