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1536 20th Avenue North, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Care provided: Assisted Living
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  • Community Information

    Bickford of Fort Dodge is an assisted living facility in Fort Dodge, IA. Bickford of Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge can help with that task.

    Unique Features

    * Small, intimate setting with high quality of care
    * Excellent food
    * Shopping trips
    * Beauty salon
  • Residents

    Nurse
    Male
    Female

    The minimum age that a resident may be is 55 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
    Visiting Speech Therapist


    Facility Care Level

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

    Bickford of Fort Dodge prefers that residents need: light care, medium 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.

    Incontinence Care
    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.
     
  • Transportation

    Transportation at Cost

    Smoking

    Allowed in Private Areas Indoors
    Allowed Outdoors

    Additional Amenities

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

    Other Services

    Wheelchair Accessible Showers
    Hospice Available
    Respite Offered
    Aging in Place

    Meals

    Meals Provided
    Vegetarian

    Activities Provided

    None specified at this time.
  • Average Room Pricing at Bickford of Fort Dodge

    Room Type Assisted Living
    Studio 3840.00 Monthly
    1 Bedroom 4250.00 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 Fort Dodge

    Fee Type Assisted Living
    Community Fee 4500.00 One-time
    Respite Fee 150.00 Daily
    Buy-In Fee
    High Care Needs Fee 2400.00 Monthly
    Medium Care Needs Fee 1300.00 Monthly
    Low Care Needs Fee 450.00 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
Fort Dodge0 miles1$4,250
Webster City18 miles1$2,790
Pocahontas28 miles1$3,380
Pomeroy30 miles1$2,550
Jefferson37 miles1$3,160
Algona38 miles1$3,600

General Pricing Information for Fort Dodge Assisted Living

Room Type Minimum Cost Average Cost Maximum Cost
1 Bedroom$4,250$4,250$4,250
Studio$3,840$3,840$3,840

Community Reviews

Administrator was nice but lacked experience

reviewed on: 11/08/2017 by Anonymous

I toured here when looking for a place for my wife. I decided on moving her to a different community. When I toured, it was just okay. The fees are abundant and the price itself was a lot higher... Read the full review.

"It feels a lot like home."

reviewed on: 11/18/2014 by Dr. Dana Webb

The Bickford staff was able to accomodate us when Mom suddenly needed care and supervision. We knew on our first visit that this was the best atmosphere.....a difficult decision to make, no... Read the full review.

So far it's very good.

reviewed on: 05/13/2016 by Anonymous

So far it's very good. We haven't had any major complaints. She loves the food, she loves having a choice. The other residents have been friendly and welcoming, she made friends pretty quickly. It... Read the full review.

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