Meth-Wick Community

    1224 13th St NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.21·(43)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.9
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      4.2
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive care staff
    • Strong memory-care program (The Woodlands) and Alzheimer's activities
    • Collaborative hospice and end‑of‑life support
    • Clean, odor‑free buildings and common areas
    • Attractive campus, grounds, and bird-viewing windows
    • Variety of apartment sizes and housing options
    • On-site amenities and convenient proximity to fitness center and groceries
    • Engaging activities and musical programming
    • Flexible dining arrangements including cook‑your‑own and community meals
    • Active leadership with high staff morale
    • High occupancy / long waitlist indicating demand
    • Welcoming meeting areas and communal spaces

    Cons

    • Inconsistent daily meal quality and rising meal costs
    • Guest meal billing and extra‑fee practices
    • Unit-level maintenance and thermal‑comfort problems
    • Dining access and circulation challenges for residents with mobility limitations
    • Gaps in staff accountability, documentation, and incident follow‑up (including allegations of theft)
    • Admissions and billing communication breakdowns and deposit/refund disputes
    • Variable communication tone and responsiveness from some staff or leaders
    • Expectation mismatches regarding availability of 24/7 care

    Summary of reviews

    Meth‑Wick Community is described overall as a large, well‑maintained campus with a range of housing types and active programming. Families and residents frequently praise the compassionate, attentive staff, visible leadership, and a memory‑care wing (The Woodlands) with targeted Alzheimer's activities. Multiple comments highlight good clinical coordination, including hospice collaboration and continuity of care from independent living through end‑of‑life, and the facility is often characterized as clean, odor‑free, and set in attractive grounds with pleasant common spaces.

    Care quality and staff performance are among the facility's strongest themes. Many narratives emphasize respectful, family‑oriented caregiving and specific positive clinical experiences; leadership engagement and high staff morale are also repeatedly noted. At the same time, there are operational concerns about staff conduct and communication tone in some interactions, and several accounts point to gaps in documentation and follow‑up after incidents — one serious claim included an allegation of theft. Prospective families should ask about incident‑reporting procedures, staff accountability frameworks, and how the community documents and communicates clinical events.

    Dining and activities show mixed impressions. The community offers a variety of meal formats (cook‑your‑own, community dining, catered holiday events) and robust programming including musical offerings and social activities. However, day‑to‑day food quality is described as inconsistent by some, and there are recurring concerns about rising meal prices and guest billing practices. Accessibility to dining for residents with mobility limitations is another operational issue noted (for example, uphill walks or long corridors to meal areas); ask how the facility supports residents who need closer or assisted dining options.

    Facilities and amenities receive frequent positive remarks: clean apartments, varied floor plans, convenient on‑site amenities such as a workout center, and well‑kept outdoor spaces. At the same time, a subset of comments point to unit‑level maintenance or environmental comfort issues (leaking sliding doors, cold drafts), which suggests variability in building upkeep across the campus. Admissions and financial processes have drawn criticism in specific instances — examples include difficulties with room availability, deposit handling, and perceived runaround on financial qualification. Clarify the community's admission timelines, deposit/refund policies, and financial‑qualification procedures before committing.

    In sum, Meth‑Wick presents as a popular, well‑staffed campus with strong memory‑care offerings, a broad activity program, and generally high marks for cleanliness and caregiver engagement. Key liabilities to investigate further are daily dining consistency and pricing, certain unit maintenance/comfort issues, occasional communication and documentation lapses, and the community's handling of admissions and financial disputes. Families touring the campus should review meal billing practices, maintenance response protocols, incident‑reporting policies, and specific memory‑care programming to align expectations with the level of care needed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Meth-Wick Community is located at 1224 13th St NW, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52405.

    About Meth-Wick Community

    Meth-Wick Community sits on a 68-acre campus in Cedar Rapids, with woods, lawns, a pond with a little waterfall and koi, and walking trails with fitness stations. People who live here can walk outside, see flowers and grassy hills, or sit by the water and feed the fish, and folks can use the many trails for fresh air and gentle exercise. The community serves adults 55 and older and offers different living choices like independent living, Independence Plus, assisted living, memory care, and nursing care, so someone might start living there independently and later get more help if needed. Meth-Wick offers single rooms, two- or three-bedroom units, cottages, bungalows, condo and townhouse-style units, and studio apartments, each with a full-size kitchen.

    In the Town Center, residents can get coffee, read in the library, play billiards, visit a doctor's office, shop for gifts, or go to an exercise room with senior-friendly equipment. There's a fitness zone with structured classes, a recreation room, outdoor flower courtyards with waterfalls, patios, and gardens, and a swimming pool with a jacuzzi. The campus has its own hair salon and barber and offers housecleaning, laundry, dry cleaning, and meal preparation. The staff can help with things like medication, walking, wheelchair use, bathing, and using the restroom. For those who need extra help, special bariatric rooms are available.

    Meth-Wick Community provides wellness services, personal aides, religious services, skilled nursing, medication assistance, and scheduled visits from occupational therapists and physical therapists. The campus supports people who need memory care, respite care, behavior health help, rehabilitation and skilled nursing, transitional care after hospital stays, and cancer or heart care. There are services for hemodialysis, dental and skin care, inpatient and outpatient care, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery, respiratory care, kidney and renal treatment, and bariatric care.

    People can join club activities, scheduled walks, exercise classes, poker, billiards, games, movies, bingo, and bowling, and they often get newsletters like Life At Meth-Wick, Legacy, and Mindful Scoop. Meth-Wick has its own bus and van, so residents get transportation to medical visits, offsite events, or shopping. There's community dining, on-site parking, and pet accommodations for some units. Meth-Wick offers respite care, adult day care, personal care assistance, and special programs for the six dimensions of wellness: spiritual, physical, vocational, emotional, intellectual, and social.

    The community has served Cedar Rapids since 1961 and holds the distinction of being the largest and most experienced senior living community in the area. Meth-Wick provides private tours for those interested and has units available. It's open every day from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. People looking for the location or driving directions can find more information at methwick.org. Meth-Wick Community has received recognition as the "Best Senior Living Community" in the Corridor, and it's known for keeping wellness and community at the core of everything they do.

    People often ask...

    Meth-Wick Community offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, continuing care retirement community, and skilled nursing.

    There are 23 photos of Meth-Wick Community on Mirador.

    Yes, Meth-Wick Community allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 1224 13th St NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405.

    No, Meth-Wick Community does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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