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5050 Hawthorne Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50265
Care provided: Assisted Living, Alzheimer's Memory Care
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  • Community Information

    Bickford of West Des Moines is an assisted living facility in West Des Moines, IA. Bickford of West Des Moines offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.

    Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Bickford of West Des Moines offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Bickford of West Des Moines provides meals for residents.

    Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Making sure residents with diabetes monitor their insulin levels is clearly an important task and Bickford of West Des Moines can help with that task.

    Unique Features

    * Great location and homey atmosphere
    * Dining room area off entrance
    * Living room adjacent with beautiful gas fired fireplace and warm oak mantle
    * Lovely enclosed atrium-type courtyard with access all around
    * Bright indoor sun room with tables and chairs and large windows that look out to courtyard
  • Residents

    Nurse
    Male
    Female

    The minimum age that a resident may be is years old.


    Staffing

    Nurses on Staff
    Doctor on Call
    24-Hour Awake Staff
    Visiting Nurse
    Visiting Podiatrist
    Visiting Dentist
    Visiting Physical Therapist
    Visiting Occupational Therapist


    Facility Care Level

    Care Level Percentage
    Light Care 0%
    Medium Care 100%
    Heavy Care 0%

    Bickford of West Des Moines prefers that residents need: light care, medium care, heavy care

    Additional Services

    Diabetic Care
    The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections.

    Memory Care Offered
    This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. This community's memory care section can accept residents with major behavior issues. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia.

    Incontinence Care
    This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.

    Non Ambulatory Care
    This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.

    Other Care
    This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically. This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
     
  • Transportation

    Resident Parking Available
    Transportation at Cost

    Smoking

    Additional Amenities

    Activities Onsite
    Activities Offsite
    Devotional Services Onsite
    Outdoor Common Areas
    Indoor Common Areas
    Beautician Onsite

    Other Services

    Wheelchair Accessible Showers
    Full Tubs
    Hospice Available
    Respite Offered
    Aging in Place

    Meals

    Meals Provided
    Vegetarian

    Activities Provided

    None specified at this time.
  • Average Room Pricing at Bickford of West Des Moines

    Room Type Assisted Living
    Studio 2940.00 Monthly
    1 Bedroom 3420.00 Monthly
    Semi-Private
    2 Bedrooms
    Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.


    Estimated Fees at Bickford of West Des Moines

    Fee Type Assisted Living
    Community Fee 5000.00 One-time
    Respite Fee 150.00 Daily
    Buy-In Fee
    High Care Needs Fee 3930.00 Monthly
    Medium Care Needs Fee 2160.00 Monthly
    Low Care Needs Fee 810.00 Monthly
    2nd Person Fee 750.00 Monthly
    Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.

    Paying for care

    Commercial Insurance
    Private pay
    Social Security
    Separate pricing structure for care
    Veteran's benefits

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Nearby Cities

City Distance Number of Facilities Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom
West Des Moines0 miles1$4,010
Clive3 miles1$3,550
Waukee5 miles1$3,870
Des Moines7 miles3$3,100
Urbandale7 miles1$3,180
Ankeny13 miles1$3,410

General Pricing Information for West Des Moines Assisted Living

Room Type Minimum Cost Average Cost Maximum Cost
1 Bedroom$3,420$4,005$4,230
Semi-Private$2,400$2,400$2,400
Studio$2,760$2,855$2,940

Community Reviews

Hope for the best, but keeps your eyes open

reviewed on: 08/12/2021 by anonymous

Everybody there has been really nice, there are some parts of the community that is very clean and other parts not as clean. Sometimes when we visit our loved ones they have cob webs in the corner... Read the full review.

Home like feel

reviewed on: 06/15/2020 by Daniel

Bickford of West Des Moines is a little smaller size community, and has a home like feel. The food is good. The staff is good. The rooms are on the small side which is common in senior living.... Read the full review.

Good value, good care in West Des Moines at Bickford

reviewed on: 05/08/2020 by Jeff Bowlsby

My dad is not a joiner, the staff does their best to encourage him to participate in activities. The price for the area is pretty good, other places in the area are a lot higher. I like the... Read the full review.

Very friendly staff!!

reviewed on: 12/02/2016 by Anonymous

I enjoyed my tour very much of this community, it was only three minutes walking distance from my house and a very convenient location. The staff was very professional and welcoming to my mother... Read the full review.

The entire staff are very friendly and easy to get along with!!!

reviewed on: 08/25/2016 by Anonymous

They offer a variety of activities Monday through Friday. I would like to see some activities on the weekend. The food looks good and smells good. The chef is willing to assist in anyway they... Read the full review.

 
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