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10 Best Nursing Homes in Patterson, IA

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Nursing Homes Facilities near Patterson, IA

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Photo of Pine Acres
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Karen Acres Health Care Center
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Calvin Community
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of City View Residential
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Carlisle Center for Assisted Living
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Provides: Assisted Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Photo of Evelyn's Guest Home
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Luther Care Services
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Photo of Community Care Ctr
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Willows Assisted Living/The Evergreens
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of Crest Haven Care Centre
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Panora Nursing and Rehab Ctr
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Eden Acres Campus of Perry Lutheran Homes
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Perry Lutheran Homes Eden Acres Campus is located on the rich plains of Perry, Iowa 25 miles NW of Des Moines. Eden Acres is like a close-nit community of extended friends and family and has been part of the Perry community since 1957.In 2014, we opened a new, 72,000 square feet nursing, memory...
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Photo of Country View Estates Inc
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Auburn Manor
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Homestead of Knoxville Memory Care
Provides: Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of Ballard Creek Community
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Prairie Village-Knoxville
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Westview Acres Care Ctr
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Greens Hills Health Ctr
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Green Hills Health Care Center
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Westhaven Community
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of nursing homes in Patterson, IA

The average cost of senior living in Patterson is $4,698 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Macksburg, IA with an average of $4,526 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Patterson, IA, vs. nearby cities

Patterson, IA
$4,698/mo
$4,724/mo

Nursing homes costs in Patterson, IA, vs. state and national averages

Patterson, IA
$4,698/mo
$4,394/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Nursing homes costs in Patterson, IA, vs. other senior living options

$4,718/mo
Nursing Homes
$4,698/mo

Nursing homes costs in Patterson, IA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,744/mo
Studio
$5,472/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,204/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,105/mo

Senior living costs in Patterson vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Patterson, IA
Column state: Iowa
Column national: U.S.
Community typePatterson, IAIowaU.S.
Nursing Homes$4,698/mo$4,394/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$4,708/mo$4,392/mo$4,557/mo
Memory Care$4,718/mo$4,394/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living$2,804/mo$3,220/mo$4,016/mo
Nursing Homes
Patterson, IA:$4,698/mo
Iowa:$4,394/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Patterson, IA:$4,708/mo
Iowa:$4,392/mo
U.S.:$4,557/mo
Memory Care
Patterson, IA:$4,718/mo
Iowa:$4,394/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Patterson, IA:$2,804/mo
Iowa:$3,220/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Patterson, IA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Patterson and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

Patterson, IAIA stateNational

Nursing homes cost trends in Patterson, IA

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Patterson have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Patterson, IA$5,791/mo$5,669/mo+2.1%
Iowa$5,430/mo$5,319/mo+2.1%
National$5,670/mo$5,388/mo+5.2%
Patterson, IA
2024 average cost:$5,791/mo
2023 average cost:$5,669/mo
Percent change:+2.1%
Iowa
2024 average cost:$5,430/mo
2023 average cost:$5,319/mo
Percent change:+2.1%
National
2024 average cost:$5,670/mo
2023 average cost:$5,388/mo
Percent change:+5.2%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Patterson

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Patterson

The Bridges at Ankeny

4.8
My mom stayed at The Bridges for her rehab after her shoulder surgery. The therapy team was amazing and always took the time with her. She is grateful to have recovered and is back home. But, if we need to go somewhere in the future THE BRIDGES IS WHERE WE WOULD GO!!

Copper Shores Village in Pleasant Hill, IA

4.9
Both the staff and residents are top notch. This place may not have all the, what I call fluffy stuff (theater room…but there is one across the street; balcony… but there is a very nice lake side view patio…and ducks…and birds … and a very nice portico with shade and comfortable seating; no ...
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Perry Lutheran Homes Spring Valley Campus

4.8
I have always been happy with the environment and helpful and friendly staff. The tenants seem happy to live there and enjoy all the activities they get to do. They enjoy going on outings too. Also live entertainment coming in most every week.

Patterson nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Patterson nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Patterson, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Patterson nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Patterson that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Patterson, IANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
45.5%
2.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
26.7%
10.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
88.1%
23.8%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
91.1%
24.3%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
55.4%
10.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
32.7%
1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
88.1%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
47.5%
7.5%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
53.5%
19.2%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Patterson nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Patterson Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Patterson, IANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
47.5%
4.3%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
35.6%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
47.5%
6.2%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
15.8%
1.4%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Patterson nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Patterson partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Patterson, IANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
24.8%
0.7%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
25.7%
1.6%
No sugar
No sugar
23.8%
1.6%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
25.7%
4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
7.9%
0.1%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%

Availability of select dining options in Patterson nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Patterson communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Patterson, IANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
21.8%
0.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
39.6%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
37.6%
0.5%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
21.8%
0.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Patterson nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Patterson offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Patterson, IANational
Activity director
Activity director
41.6%
0.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
25.7%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
27.7%
0.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
47.5%
7.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
43.6%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
49.5%
7.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
37.6%
0.5%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
26.7%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
32.7%
0.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
43.6%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
43.6%
0.5%
Dances
Dances
24.8%
0.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
30.7%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
40.6%
0.5%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
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