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Memory Care in Iowa

Iowa has 174 licensed memory care communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,026 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $6,726/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

174 licensed memory care communities listed.

Cost of memory care in Iowa

Median monthly price, Iowa

$6,726/mo

Modeled range $6,457 – $6,995 how this range is derived

● Iowa $6,726 ○ National median $7,788

Modeled from assisted living · 2025

Modeled memory-care ranges for Iowa and a multi-state national aggregate. Method: local assisted-living estimate plus a documented 20–30% premium band (not a Genworth memory-care survey median).

Memory Care cost comparison (2025)
Memory CareIowaNational
25th percentile$6,457/mo$6,861/mo
Median$6,726/mo$7,788/mo
75th percentile$6,995/mo$8,854/mo

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Source: Modeled from assisted living · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

Ways families typically pay

  • Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
  • Long-term care insurance
  • VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
  • Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.

Iowa licensing & regulation

Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) — Health Facilities Division licenses and inspects assisted living communities, including communities that offer memory care, in Iowa. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.

Source: State licensing agency.GOV

Medicaid & local resources in Iowa

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Iowa resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in Iowa

Showing the 500 largest of 1,026 tracked cities.

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Counties in Iowa

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many memory care providers each county holds.

Memory Care by county in Iowa

Memory Care providers in Iowa

Sample of licensed memory care communities listed for Iowa. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many memory care communities are listed in Iowa?

We currently list 174 licensed memory care communities across Iowa.

Which cities in Iowa have memory care listings?

We track 1026 Iowa cities for memory care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in Iowa: 174 added · 505 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, memory care in Iowa costs $6,726/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Memory Care in Iowa. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/iowa/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Memory Care in Iowa." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/iowa/.

These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections

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