Page 4 of Best Nursing Homes in Iowa

Grandview Healthcare Center in Oelwein, IA, is licensed for three care types. They are respite care, skilled nursing, and nursing home care. Skilled nursing here comes with licensed nursing on duty at all hours, overnight included. A family arranges respite for a set stretch while the usual caregiver takes time away.

Seventy-two beds is the capacity, and Medicare, Medicaid, and private funds are all accepted. Medicare answers the eligible short course of skilled care, Medicaid answers eligibility of a different kind, and paying directly answers the rest.

The staffing record puts nursing at 3 hours and 46 minutes per resident daily. Rehabilitation Services are named on the service list. Someone needing continuing nursing, or a family setting up cover around a caregiver’s absence, is what this mix answers.

Overview of Green Hills Retirement Community

Six care types are offered at Green Hills Retirement Community in Ames, IA. They are nursing home care, memory care, independent living, skilled nursing, assisted living, and continuing care retirement community status.

Both nursing levels carry licensed nursing on-site at all hours. Independent residents live privately, drawing on community services but not on daily care. Each assisted living apartment belongs to its resident, and the staff handles bathing, dressing, and medication with them. Dementia-related wandering is met with supervision within a secured area in memory care.

Residents must be at least 55. At 56 beds, Green Hills is on the smaller side, the size at which faces become familiar to staff and residents alike. Housing is apartments and townhomes, in one- and two-bedroom sizes. A single resident can manage in one bedroom, and two bedrooms make room for spouses or a companion.

Green Hills logs 5 hours and 1 minute of nursing for every resident, every day. After a hospital stay, Medicare can pick up short-term skilled care, and private pay covers the rest out of personal or family funds. Rachel Ferguson serves as administrator.

Wheelchair users can get around the community, and pets can come along. On-site, you’ll find the fitness center, a spa, and the salon, plus rehabilitation services. When the family’s regular caregiver is traveling or unwell, respite care offers a brief stay.

Green Hills suits adults 55 and older who want everything from independent living to nursing care within reach, with memory support and rising care needs included.

Heritage House offers nursing home, adult day care, assisted living, independent living, memory care, nursing care, and skilled nursing in Atlantic, IA. Nursing home, nursing care, and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Assisted living helps with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while residents keep their own apartment, while independent living provides private living without daily care.

Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone who may be at risk of wandering. Adult day care gives a person a daytime care setting without requiring residence at the home, and respite care supports a short term stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. The available housing includes studio and one bedroom apartments, while gardens and an orchard of lemon trees give residents outdoor spaces to use.

The range of care levels may make Heritage House a good fit for a resident whose needs may grow over time, since moving between levels can occur without leaving the community. Heritage House has 108 beds, and total nurse staffing is 4h 49m per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nurse staffing time recorded for each resident. Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families public program and direct payment routes for covering care; Medicare generally applies to short term skilled care after a hospital stay, while Medicaid may help when savings do not cover a long stay.

Peter Gray serves as the administrator. A Walk Score of 73 places Heritage House in a very walkable area, where most errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently.

Overview of New Hampton Nursing & Rehab Center

New Hampton Nursing & Rehab Center provides assisted living, nursing home, and skilled nursing care in New Hampton, Iowa. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident keeps a private apartment. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Together, these care levels can suit a resident whose needs change over time without requiring a move to another community.

Skilled rehabilitation services are available for residents who need rehabilitation as part of their care. Respite care offers a short-term stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. The community has 46 beds, a size that is best considered plainly, without assuming a particular resident experience.

Medicare can help cover short-term skilled care after a hospital stay. Medicaid can matter when savings may not cover a long stay, while private pay uses personal funds. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 51 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands-on nurse staffing time allocated per resident.

A Walk Score of 68 means the area is somewhat walkable, with some errands possible on foot. A resident who no longer drives may be able to complete some nearby errands independently. Kristen Frazer serves as the administrator.

Mill Pond offers nursing home, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing in Ankeny, IA. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Assisted living helps with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while residents maintain their own apartment. Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.

Several care levels share one community here. That can suit a resident whose needs grow over time, because a move to a different level of care can happen without leaving Mill Pond. The community has 60 beds and 98% occupancy, meaning nearly all beds were filled at the time represented by that figure. Housing includes studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom layouts. A studio provides one private space, while a two bedroom can suit a couple moving together or someone who wants a companion.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families those payment routes for eligible care and services. Total nurse staffing is 5 hours and 3 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated per resident. Pets are allowed, giving a resident the option to bring a pet when moving in. Jesica Culp serves as the administrator.

Overview of Elkader Care Center

In Elkader, IA, Elkader Care Center offers assisted living, skilled nursing, and nursing home care. Long-term care is handled by the nursing home part. Assisted living handles everyday tasks like bathing, dressing, and managing medication. Skilled nursing keeps licensed nurses available at any hour, which is all about activity and not necessarily activity, so they’re still there even on the quiet nights.

That covers a resident needing ongoing support, and one working through recovery. Elkader Care Center is a 40-bed community, and its rehabilitation services are available to residents needing therapy.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are the three ways a nursing home bill can get settled, and this center takes all three. Kaitlin Landon runs the building day-to-day.

Take one resident on one day, and 4 hours and 16 minutes of nursing time is what you’ll find on average. A Walk Score of 59 makes for a somewhat walkable area, so a resident who has given up driving but can still walk around on their own will still be able to manage some errands on foot.

Overview of Prairie Vista Village

Prairie Vista Village, in Altoona, IA, has assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing, and nursing home care. Independent living is a private home with no daily care attached to it. Assisted living adds dressing, bathing, and medication management, the last of which is the one with a schedule.

Long-term care is what the nursing home side means. Skilled nursing is on site, which is to say the nurse’s commute already happened before anybody needed one. Four levels under one address suit somebody whose needs increase, and staying put becomes possible as they do.

Sixty-eight beds fall under the license. Daily nursing per resident totals 4 hours and 55 minutes. Two payers work here, Medicare and private pay, for covered care or residence costs.

Short-term rehabilitation covers a time-limited stay for somebody recovering and working toward the next level of function. Pets are allowed, so a resident may keep one. John Freeman administers the village, and the fit is somebody who wants independent living now and may want more later.

Mount Carmel Bluffs offers nursing home, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing in Dubuque, IA. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident keeps a private living space. Independent living is for residents who need community services without daily care.

Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. The community is in the South Switch Junction neighborhood and has 60 beds, with one bed and two bed housing options for a resident living alone or two people moving in together.

Multiple care levels may make Mount Carmel Bluffs a good fit for a resident whose needs could grow over time without requiring a move to another community. Total nurse staffing is 5 hours and 25 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several listed ways to cover care, and Sarah Rentz serves as the administrator.

Overview of Scenic Manor

In Iowa Falls, IA, Scenic Manor offers four care types. They are independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and nursing home care.

Independent living is private living with community services and no daily care. Assisted living adds help with specific tasks like bathing and dressing, and doesn’t interfere with a resident’s privacy further. Nursing home and skilled nursing mean licensed nurses are maintained on the floor around the clock, which is why the range works as a single address.

Seventy-seven beds are at Scenic Manor, and the offerings it has suit a resident whose needs will grow but who doesn’t want to move elsewhere. Someone needing skilled rehabilitation briefly can use the short term-rehabilitation program.

The nursing behind one resident, in an average day, works out to 4 hours and 29 minutes. Rehabilitation services carry the therapy side.

A Walk Score of 60 sets the area at somewhat walkable, so a few errands are reachable on foot, and a resident who has stopped driving manages certain ones alone. Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are all acceptable payment options. Medicaid is for when savings aren’t going to cover a long stay, and Medicare is for when skilled care is needed following a discharge from a hospital stay.

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.