Memory care in Des Moines

How many memory care programs are certified in Des Moines?

8 dementia-specific assisted living programs have Des Moines mailing addresses on DIAL's roster, with 570 units between them; the rest of the metro's memory care certificates are in the suburbs and county seats.

What should we check first at a Des Moines memory care program?

Confirm DIAL certifies it as a dementia-specific assisted living program, then ask about overnight awake staffing, the missing-tenant procedure, dementia training hours and the conditions that would force a move.

Iowa requires eight hours of dementia training within 30 days of hire and eight more each year for direct-care staff in these programs, but no numeric staff ratio, so the night-shift headcount is the figure to press on. No memory care price is published for Des Moines; get a written quote.

Is there memory care in the suburbs around Des Moines?

Yes: 31 more certified programs are in West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Clive, Waukee and the other communities we cover, and the rest of the six counties add 0.

• StoryPoint Adel (memory care), Adel: 26 units
• StoryPoint Altoona (memory care), Altoona: 40 units
• Independence Village of Ankeny MC, Ankeny: 20 units
• Mill Pond ALP/D, Ankeny: 36 units
• Rock Creek Senior Living, Ankeny: 170 units
• StoryPoint Siena Hills, Ankeny: 132 units
• StoryPoint Ankeny (memory care), Ankeny: 64 units
• Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing, Bondurant: 78 units
• Meadowview of Clive MC, Clive: 48 units
• Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek, Clive: 136 units
• Walnut Ridge Senior Community, Clive: 36 units
• Spurgeon Assisted Living, Dallas Center: 64 units
• Maggie's Place at Kennybrook Village, Grimes: 16 units
• Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC, Indianola: 34 units
• Windsor Manor Indianola, Indianola: 74 units
• Meadowview of Johnston MC, Johnston: 42 units
• StoryPoint Johnston, Johnston: 128 units
• Newton Village Memory Care, Newton: 18 units
• Homesteaders at Holland Farms, Norwalk: 80 units
• StoryPoint Norwalk, Norwalk: 80 units
• Lakeside Village, Panora: 128 units
• Memory Support at Copper Shores Village, Pleasant Hill: 28 units
• StoryPoint Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill: 140 units
• Bickford Cottage Urbandale, Urbandale: 73 units
• StoryPoint Timberline (memory care), Urbandale: 40 units
• Independence Village of Waukee MC, Waukee: 36 units
• StoryPoint Kettlestone (memory care), Waukee: 40 units
• Bickford Cottage West Des Moines, West Des Moines: 66 units
• Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs, West Des Moines: 32 units
• Grand Living at Tower Place MC, West Des Moines: 76 units
• Morningstar at Jordan Creek MC, West Des Moines: 58 units

What does memory care cost in Des Moines?

No Des Moines figure is published; CareScout's 2025 Iowa assisted living median is $61,200 a year, about $5,100 a month, and memory care has no published median at all.

For people 65 and older who qualify for Medicaid at nursing facility level of care, the Elderly Waiver can pay for services delivered in a participating program, but not rent or meals; ask each program whether it accepts waiver members and which managed care plans it works with.