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- Bickford of West Des Moines
5050 Hawthorne Dr, West Des Moines, IA, 50265
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
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting 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.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableTransportation at CostSmoking
Additional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersFull TubsHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianActivities Provided
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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 InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Bickford of West Des Moines isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
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West Des Moines | 0 miles | 1 | $4,010 |
Clive | 3 miles | 1 | $3,550 |
Waukee | 5 miles | 1 | $3,870 |
Des Moines | 7 miles | 3 | $3,100 |
Urbandale | 7 miles | 1 | $3,180 |
Ankeny | 13 miles | 1 | $3,410 |
General Pricing Information for West Des Moines Assisted Living
Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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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
Very friendly staff!!
reviewed on: 12/02/2016 by AnonymousI 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 and I. I loved the fact that they where willing to work with local programs and rehabs to make sure my mom would get all of the help that she would need. Unfortunately they did not have any openings for my mother at the time so I had to choose a different facility.
Highly Recommend
reviewed on: 08/17/2020 by PatriciaI would highly recommend it. My mom is happy there. I believe she is well taken care of. They have a lot of great activities. I have been happy with them and so has she. My mom likes the food. They have different floor plans to choose from. My mom has a one-bedroom.
Good value, good care in West Des Moines at Bickford
reviewed on: 05/08/2020 by Jeff BowlsbyMy 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 smaller setting. I feel he gets more personalized care. The staff is wonderful. Food is not that great, they are having a hard time keeping a chef but they are working on it. It's nice that they are on one level so during the quarantine I can go to stand by his window and visit with him.
The Right Place For Mom
reviewed on: 12/06/2016 by AnonymousI am happy with the staff they are very nice. Mom is doing really well and adjusting. they are really good there, if the residents don't come out they knock on their door and invite them to meals or activities so they know, its very helpful when you have dementia. The food is good and mom is not losing weight and eating well. They have things all day long like exercise, crafts, play bingo, different card games a lot more. I like it because it is smaller and not as many residents, more interaction and all on one level. It's easy for mom to get around.
Very Isolated
reviewed on: 11/30/2017 by AnonymousWhile looking at various options for my loved one, we toured this facility. The feeling kind of has a traditional nursing home atmosphere. They called it a memory care but there seemed to be no designated area for memory care. We also didn’t seem people out and about which made it seem very isolated. My loved one would have to walk a long way to go to eat her meals and she is not much of a walker. The also seemed to be very pushy and wanted us to sign papers that day. Of course we went ahead and selected a different property.