Cedar Vale Assisted Living sits quietly off the road at 100 Poppe Lane in Nashua, Iowa, with a peaceful view of trees and green spaces that make the setting calm and relaxing, and since opening in 2005, the community's offered assisted living and respite care for folks who need different kinds of help and want to keep some independence, and the staff's around all day and night, with 24-hour direct care, on-call nursing, and a wireless call pendant system for safety, because they know people sometimes need quick help and reminders, and the apartments themselves come as studios or one-bedrooms, with features like ground floor entry, no-step showers, private bathrooms, air conditioning, personal fridges, and even cable TV, and you can bring a dog or a cat if that's something you like. Cedar Vale gives weekly light housekeeping, laundry, and linen services, along with free parking, WiFi, water, heat, and electricity, but the phone's not included, and guests can have meals with residents, though the dining room charges a fee for three daily table-service meals, but people say the food tastes good and it comes in big portions, and they'll work with you on allergies, diabetes, and special diets.
Everyday tasks like bathing, dressing, transferring, taking medicine, and incontinence care get handled by staff all hours, and people get care plans made just for them, which get updated as needs change, and the staff has training with physical therapy, monitoring, reminders, medication management, and even injections for people who need that, and there's in-house skilled nursing, homecare, and laundry/dry cleaning services for those who want to stay put. Cedar Vale has extra help for folks who might get confused, and they also offer hospice and short-term respite stays for recovery from surgery or illness.
Residents can join in all sorts of daily and community-sponsored activities, and there's always something planned like group games, movies, fitness classes, spiritual programs, color therapy, music, and holiday or birthday celebrations-there's even the Live 2B Healthy program that tries to keep bodies and minds active. People who live here help run some activities too, making it easy to meet others and make friends, and there are both indoor and outdoor common areas, walking paths, a library, gardens to stroll through, and fireplaces for gathering in the colder months. Other amenities include a beauty and barber salon, room service, laundry and linen changes in the rent, housekeeping, indoor and outdoor resident spaces, and devotional and religious services in-house or out in the Nashua community.
The apartments and common areas are all wheelchair accessible, and showers are walk-in, making it easier for people who use walkers or wheelchairs, and everything aims to balance safety and independence without fuss. The facility also connects easily to grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, parks, coffee shops, banks, and shops around Nashua, so family visits and errands can be simple. Cedar Vale Assisted Living does its best to focus on each person's needs, quality of life, and comfort, and tries to give people a friendly, safe place to live while letting them keep as much independence as possible.
