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Community Information
Bickford of Urbandale is an assisted living facility in Urbandale, IA. Bickford of Urbandale 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 Urbandale 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 Urbandale 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 Urbandale can help with that task.
Unique Features
* High level of care offered
* Certified nurse assistant on site Monday through Friday along with RN on call 24/7
* Residents can "hire" staff to assist with additional care needs
* Transportation available to doctor appointments
* Scheduled activities sometimes include trip to view attractions like Christmas lights
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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 TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 0% Medium Care 50% Heavy Care 50% Bickford of Urbandale 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
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. 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 1 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 OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor 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 Urbandale
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 2725.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 3175.00 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 Urbandale
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 0.00 One-time Respite Fee 150.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee 3625.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 1990.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 750.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 1380.00 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 Urbandale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbandale | 0 miles | 1 | $3,180 |
| Des Moines | 4 miles | 3 | $3,100 |
| Clive | 5 miles | 1 | $3,550 |
| Ankeny | 6 miles | 1 | $3,410 |
| West Des Moines | 7 miles | 1 | $4,010 |
| Waukee | 8 miles | 1 | $3,870 |
General Pricing Information for Urbandale Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $3,175 | $3,175 | $3,175 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $4,300 | $4,300 | $4,300 |
| Studio | $2,725 | $2,740 | $2,750 |
Community Reviews
Friendly people, and good activities!
reviewed on: 04/08/2016 by AnonymousOverall our experience with Bickford of Ubandale has been a good one! It's a nice looking, clean place and the people all seem very friendly. They have a great activities program, and really keep... Read the full review.
mom feels safe and happy
reviewed on: 11/13/2014 by AnonymousIt is a great facility and a wonderful place to have my mom. Right now their director just left on maternity leave, as has one of their nurses, so there is an issue with the consistency not being... Read the full review.
Outstand Care
reviewed on: 12/20/2016 by AnonymousI was very happy with the great care that was received here. The staff was wonderful and very nice. They activities have been offer. The community is clean and they have a nice menu to choose... Read the full review.
Mom is Doing Just Fine in This Community
reviewed on: 07/26/2017 by AnonymousMy mother is doing here in this community. She is receiving great care, and I'am comfortable with her move here. She is still adjusting a bit, but overall all is well. I know she is safe, and in... Read the full review.
Our second choice!!
reviewed on: 06/05/2017 by AnonymousWe seriously considered Bickford when we toured it. It is a nice place and the tour guide was friendly. What held us back was that they offered the same level of care as Edencrest, but at a higher... Read the full review.
