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Bickford of Iowa City

Assisted Living

4.3

84 reviews

Phone:
563-316-6346

3500 Lower West Branch Rd,
Iowa City, IA 52245

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Your loved one deserves to live the best life possible

Watch your loved one thrive in an environment that feels like home

Navigating the aging journey is difficult.

We understand what’s at stake here: it’s not just someone, it’s your loved one.

Meanwhile, it’s on you to make the difficult decisions.

There's a Higher Path for our seniors

The Senior's Journey

There are two paths that seniors take as they age: the lower path and the higher path

Senior care today is reactive, expensive, and siloed. It’s a sick-care system, not a health-care system (designed to keep seniors healthy). Most of us have accepted this status quo because it feels too big and complex to change. Not us. We’re taking the road less traveled and championing a higher standard of senior care.

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Our family of caregivers will do whatever it takes to care for your loved one

Meet Iowa City's Leadership Team

Paige Enlow

Executive Director
Bailey Greene

Health & Wellness Director

To better understand the love that drives us, watch our Caregiver’s Manifesto

Services at Iowa City

Assisted Living

Personalized help with the activities of daily life, such as meals, grooming, and medication management.

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Happenings

If you think there’s not much going on in a senior living community, you’ve never been to Bickford.

McKenna Lee

Feb 5, 2026

This morning, residents kicked off their day with a scenic mountain bike ride! Between feeling the upbeat tempo and rhythm of the music, the warm and sunny alternative to a chilly day in Iowa, and exercising with fellow community members, our residents had a blast! #WhateverItTakes

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 25, 2025

Merry Christmas from Bickford of Iowa City. We had a wonderful time this week with fun holiday fun. We did some winter crafts, a bus trip, and even had a family Christmas party. The bus trip was to the Lights on the Lake. It was so much fun seeing all the light and hearing the residents talk about how pretty the light were. On Christmas Eve we the staff passed out gifts to residents and we sat around reminiscing about Christmas pasts. We at Bickford are so honored to get to spend the holiday season with your loved one. Have a wonderful holiday season and thank you for sharing your love ones with us.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 22, 2025

This past Saturday we had our wonderful Christmas Party for our residents and their families. Santa made a visit, along with the Iowa City Chamber Choir. Who sang beautiful Christmas songs for us. It was a good time had by all. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday session and enjoys every moment of their time with love ones. Happy Holidays from Bickford of Iowa City.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 18, 2025

December was a busy month for Birthday here at Bickford of Iowa City. Not only did we have 6 residents Birthday's, but we had 3 staff members as well. We would like to say Happy Birthday Cookie, Janet, Paula, Sharon, Harry, M.E, David, Devin, and Ashley. We celebrated all the birthdays with some Scratch cupcakes that they so kindly donated to us. The cupcakes were enjoyed by all.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 18, 2025

Santa is COMING this Saturday from 10am to noon. We'll have some fun thing going on and snack.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 18, 2025

Had some holiday fun this morning. Some of the residents frosted cookies and had a nice snack when they were done.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 12, 2025

Due to the impending inclement weather for Saturday 12/13/2025, we have postponed the Christmas Party to 12/20/25 from 10am to Noon.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 10, 2025

Santa is coming on Saturday don't forget!!!! Our party is from 10am to Noon. Hope to see you there!

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 9, 2025

We had the Keota Brass Band come play some Christmas music for us yesterday. The residents here jusy love live music. We just love watching the residents enjoy the music.

Melissa Schmidt

Dec 9, 2025

Yesterday we brought in the holiday cheer. We made brownies for National Brown Day and then painted so fun wooden holiday Christmas decorations.

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4.3

overall score based on 84 reviews

Apr 1, 2026

On the one hand, my mother seems happy and content there. In the other had there seems to be a continual problem with staffing. Another director is gone. And I would suggest that the 3 directors should rotate weekend shifts so someone is there to supervise weekend staff--that's when we usually see less attention to details like beds made and fresh water served.
Jul 1, 2025

Thank you to (name removed) and her team for their great care of our mother!
Jun 2, 2025

We have definitely seen improvements in communication and quality of care. Another staff departure is concerning.