Page 12 of Best Memory Care in Iowa

Senior Star at Elmore Place offers assisted living, independent living, memory care, and respite care in Davenport, IA. Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care, while assisted living adds help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision, and respite care offers a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

Several care levels are available in one community. Senior Star at Elmore Place may be a good fit for a resident whose needs may grow over time. With 50 beds, it is a smaller setting where staff and residents can get to know each other. Housing options include studios, one-bedroom residences, and two-bedroom residences; a studio is a single private space, while a two-bedroom layout can suit a couple moving together or someone who wants a companion.

Pets are allowed, giving residents the option to keep a pet with them. A Walk Score of 37 places the area in a car-dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride. Amanda Buchholz serves as the administrator.

Country Manor Memory Care provides memory care and respite care in Davenport, Iowa. Memory care offers a supervised setting for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia who may be at risk of wandering, while respite care provides a short stay for a resident whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. The community may be a good fit for a family seeking specialized dementia care or temporary support for a primary caregiver.

With 38 beds, the community has a smaller setting where staff and residents can get to know one another. Private rooms are available, with private apartments listed as the room type, giving each resident a private living space. Michaela Elsbury serves as the administrator.

Residents can spend time outdoors in the private courtyard, on the walking trail or in the resident garden, while the salon, wellness programs and signature program provide additional activities on site. Homecooked meals are served restaurant style each day, giving residents a dining setting within the community, and pets are allowed so a resident may be able to continue living with a pet. The single story building includes activities and private apartments for residents, while a Walk Score of 35 places the area in a car dependent setting where most errands require a car or a ride.

Overview of Bickford of Urbandale

Bickford of Urbandale is an assisted living with memory care community, located in Urbandale, IA. It can be found east of Brookview Park, and below Beaver Creek. This senior living community prides itself with their Higher Path approach to caring for their residents. This approach aims to help seniors live healthier, happier, and longer, and they do this by providing services such as; 24/7 access to primary care, daily activity assistance from certified caregivers, medication management, wander management, security, and intelligent fall detection among other things. The rooms, whether studio or one bedroom units, are also equipped with strategically located pull cords, for assistance requests any time it’s needed.

At Bickford of Urbandale, assisted living costs wouldn’t be something to worry abouts as they also offer assistance for choosing Medicare Health Plans for their residents. This helps ensure that residents receive the proper care they need, while living a high quality of life, without breaking their banks.

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Starting Price $93/Day Pricing updated on October 7th, 2026

Overview of Bickford of Marion

At 46 beds, Bickford of Marion is a smaller community, and that scale is part of its identity. The two-story building on Linden Dr, part of the Bickford Senior Living Group network, offers assisted living and memory care in Marion’s Hickory Haven Estates neighborhood, 1.4 miles from the city center. Misty Cottrell serves as Executive Director.

The Montessori Memory Care program is the facility’s most distinctive offering. It’s a named, structured approach to cognitive care rather than a generic memory unit, and it’s the clearest signal of what the community is built around. Licensed nurses and CNAs staff the building, transportation is available, there’s a fitness area on-site, and the community is pet-friendly.

Occupancy sits at 76%, with 35 of 46 beds filled, in a building that has been operating for 27 years. The neighborhood is moderately walkable (Walk Score 69), with some day-to-day destinations reachable on foot. State inspections have tended to center on medication management, care planning and documentation, and food service, which are common operational focus areas rather than indicators of direct care concerns.

Bickford of Marion is a practical fit for families prioritizing a structured memory care approach within a mid-sized regional network, in a community small enough that residents are unlikely to get lost in the shuffle.

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Starting Price $110/Day Pricing updated on October 7th, 2026

Overview of Emery Place

Emery Place offers assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Robins, IA. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Respite care is available for short stays, which can suit a family caregiver who needs to travel or recover.

Emery Place has 106 beds, and pets are allowed, so a resident may bring a pet to the community. Sara Etter serves as the administrator. Emery Place may be a good fit for someone who needs supervised memory care or for a family arranging a short-term stay while a caregiver travels or recovers.

Park Vista Retirement Living offers assisted living, independent living, memory care, and respite care in Camanche, IA. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication, while independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision, and respite care offers a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver needs temporary coverage.

The range of care levels may suit a resident whose needs grow over time, since moving to another level can occur without leaving the community. Park Vista Retirement Living has 82 beds, and Susan Kincaid serves as the administrator.

Pets are allowed, so a resident may be able to continue living with a pet. A salon and spa are available for grooming services within the community.

A Walk Score of 33 places the area in a car-dependent setting, meaning most errands require a car or a ride, including for residents who no longer drive.

Overview of Stoney Point Meadows

Stoney Point Meadows, a 176-bed community in Cedar Rapids, IA, offers memory care and assisted living. Where dementia makes wandering likely, the memory care level secures the setting and supervises within it. Assisted living covers bathing, medication, and dressing, and a private living space remains the resident’s own.

One level answers a plain need for daily support; the other a need for supervision that dementia has created. Pets are allowed, and Dawn Martin has the administrator’s job.

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$3,450/Month Pricing updated on October 12th, 2026

Mayflower Home operates as a senior living community in Grinnell, Iowa, providing independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Independent living provides private residences alongside shared community services, whereas assisted living assists residents with personal care routines like dressing, bathing, and medication administration. Secured accommodations cater to individuals with memory loss who require steady supervision. Physical therapy and recovery support are handled through Rehab Care.

Kellie McGriff acts as administrator for the 40-bed facility, which maintains a total daily nurse staffing rate of 5 hours and 21 minutes per resident. Features include a mini gift shop and an active Residents Association that organizes local activities and resident participation. Nearby streets yield an 82 Walk Score, allowing residents to manage daily errands on foot. Financial arrangements accept Medicare, Medicaid, and direct private payment.

Families considering a campus that accommodates changing care requirements over time can contact Mayflower Home to check current availability, tour the grounds, or evaluate funding options.

Overview of Holy Spirit Retirement Home

Opened in 1999, Holy Spirit Retirement Home in Sioux City, IA, offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Along with support with daily tasks, residents receive ongoing clinical support from licensed nurses on-site. The community also provides specialized care for those living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

With 52 beds, the community allows staff and residents to get to know each other. Residents also receive a total of 5 hours and 25 minutes of nursing care daily. Meanwhile, a Walk Score of 91 out of 100 places the area in the walker’s paradise band. This also suggests that daily errands do not require a car, so a resident who no longer drives can get out independently.

Rehabilitation services, spiritual life programming, and religious services are available for residents who need rehabilitation support or want to participate in spiritual activities. Payment options also include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families public and direct payment routes for eligible care.

Overview of Elm Crest Senior Living Community

Elm Crest Senior Living Community is a continuing care retirement community in Harlan, IA, offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, and skilled nursing. Independent living provides a private home with community services but no daily care, while assisted living adds help with bathing, dressing, medication, and other daily tasks while the resident keeps an apartment.

Memory care is provided in a secured setting with supervision for someone who may be at risk of wandering. Nursing home and skilled nursing care provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. With several care levels in one community, Elm Crest can suit a resident whose needs grow over time without requiring a move to a different community.

The community opened in 1958 and has 50 beds. Housing includes studios, one bedroom units, and two bedroom units, with a two bedroom layout potentially suiting a couple moving together or someone who wants a companion. Rehabilitation therapy and short term rehab are available for residents recovering over a temporary period.

A barber, beauty shop, and spa provide grooming services on site, while the chapel and religious services offer an on site setting for worship. Transportation is available for residents who need help traveling beyond the community. The community has 4h 18m of total nurse staffing per resident per day, meaning that amount of daily hands on nursing time is assigned per resident. Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, and Leah Mulbauer serves as the administrator. A Walk Score of 50 places the area in the somewhat walkable band, so some errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives may be able to manage certain local trips independently.