Lawton Senior Living

    200 E Char-Mac Dr, Lawton, IA 51030
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Caring attentive staff and homey

    I placed my dad here and I'm very pleased - the staff are kind, attentive, and call residents by name, the rooms are clean and homey, and the meals are delicious. There are lots of activities, outings, and a warm, resident-focused atmosphere; the locally owned team truly goes the extra mile. I highly recommend this caring, well-kept community.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.73·(22)

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      4.8
    • Amenities

      3.5
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Clean, well-maintained interior
    • Compassionate and friendly caregiving staff
    • Personalized, first-name staff–resident interactions
    • Home-like, warm atmosphere
    • Engaging activities, trips, and outings
    • Diverse social programming (games, birthday events, visiting groups)
    • Quality home-cooked meals and desserts
    • Memory care and assisted-living services available
    • On-site amenities (library, laundry option)
    • Resident privacy and personalized rooms
    • Locally or family/community-owned origin
    • Proactive resident-focused programming

    Cons

    • Management instability and ownership-transition concerns
    • Inconsistent staff experience and training
    • Variable cleanliness and facility maintenance
    • Limited open or common space
    • Potentially high pricing and affordability issues
    • Variable resident social dynamics affecting social fit
    • Inconsistent care experience across residents
    • Staff communication and family engagement

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews portray a facility that many families experience as warm, home-like, and staffed by caring, personable employees. Positive comments emphasize a clean, well-kept interior, a welcoming atmosphere, and staff who address residents by name and appear resident-focused. At the same time, the written feedback is polarized: while numerous accounts are strongly positive about daily life and programming, a subset of reviewers expressed serious dissatisfaction that centers on management changes and uneven operational performance.

    Care and staff: Strengths include compassionate, friendly caregiving personnel and individualized attention; reviewers commonly mention respectful interactions and staff who go the extra mile. Memory care and assisted-living services are present and some families describe improvement in their relatives after placement. Concerns center on inconsistent staff experience and training, which can produce variable care experiences and occasional gaps in communication with families. Prospective families should ask about staff turnover, training programs, and the facility’s plan for maintaining consistent caregiver assignments.

    Dining and activities: Dining is a frequently cited strength: multiple reviewers praise home-cooked meals, desserts, and overall food quality. The community offers an active calendar with games, visiting activity groups, birthday celebrations, monthly outings, and trips that many residents enjoy. Several accounts describe a proactive programming approach that encourages social engagement. Observing a mealtime and reviewing a sample activity schedule during a visit would help determine whether offerings match an individual’s preferences.

    Facilities and community life: The facility generally receives positive marks for cleanliness and room personalization (private rooms, memorabilia kept organized). On-site amenities such as a library and laundry options are noted. Some reviewers, however, point to limited open or common space and mixed impressions about maintenance—one theme is variable cleanliness or the need for additional upkeep in parts of the property. Community social fit is another variable: some residents are described as standoffish, and a few family members reported their relative was not comfortable. Visiting during peak activity times can provide insight into social dynamics and available communal space.

    Management and notable patterns: A recurring pattern in the feedback is concern about ownership and management changes. Several reviewers expressed dissatisfaction following a corporate takeover or changes in governance, linking those shifts to perceived declines in oversight or responsiveness. Pricing and fee structure are another consistent theme: while some families find the facility good value, others describe the cost as high or unaffordable. There are also mixed impressions overall—many highly positive experiences coexist with a smaller number of strongly negative accounts. Given this variability, families should review contracts and fee schedules carefully, ask about recent ownership or leadership changes, request references from current families, and evaluate transparency around staffing, maintenance, and family communication.

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    Location

    Map showing location of Lawton Senior Living

    Lawton Senior Living is located at 200 E Char-Mac Dr, Lawton, IA, 51030.

    About Lawton Senior Living

    Lawton Senior Living sits in the small town of Lawton, Iowa, about 7 miles from Sioux City, and has a close community feel that some folks like because it's quieter and friendlier than the big cities, and you tend to see familiar faces a lot, making it easier for people to relax as they settle in. The community provides assisted living, memory care, and respite care, which means it helps with things like medication management, hygiene, getting dressed, and moving around, for those who need support with day-to-day living, and also offers short-term stays that can help someone who needs a break or extra help while recovering. Residents have private apartment suites with a bathroom, air conditioning, cable TV, and a full-sized kitchenette, where they can do a bit of cooking if they feel like it, with space to keep personal things to make the room more like home.

    There's restaurant-style dining in a community dining hall, where skilled chefs prepare meals with fresh ingredients, and everyone eats together, which many find helps break up the day and can be nice for anyone who enjoys some company at meal times. The community has indoor common areas, sunlit lounges, and a community room for games like bridge or group gatherings, plus a full calendar of activities like arts and crafts, music, board games, and even fitness classes that focus on balance and mobility. There are also well-maintained walking trails and grounds, a good option for someone who likes outdoor strolls or sitting in the sun; pets like cats and dogs are welcome, too, for those who want the company of an animal.

    Lawton Senior Living has a team of caregivers and medical staff available 24 hours a day, ready to help with both scheduled care and any needs that come up unexpectedly. Safety is a focus, with things like grab bars in rooms, monitored entrances and exits, and support staff present at all times to help keep residents comfortable and secure. For those needing specific health help, there's diabetic care, high acuity care, incontinence care, and non-ambulatory care available, and the community works with programs like Elderly waiver Medicaid, VA funding assistance, Siouxland PACE, as well as integrating hospice when appropriate.

    Award recognitions have come to Lawton Senior Living, with the program director winning the Iowa Program Director of the Year award in 2004, 2007, and 2009, as well as the facility's administrator earning a national award in 2008, and the community continues to earn high marks on Iowa inspection survey processes, which many see as a sign that staff pay attention to doing their work the right way. Key staff include Nurse Cinda Krause, Culinary Coordinator Samantha Hyres, Life Enrichment Coordinator Lizbeth Carbajal, and Health Care Coordinator Crystal Bell, all working together to provide support, activities, and meals that suit residents' needs. Lawton Senior Living customizes care plans for each person, using six levels of assisted living care, and for those living with memory problems like Alzheimer's, the memory care section provides a secure setting, unique care plans, and cognitive activities to help residents stay engaged.

    Community life here means residents often get to socialize in common spaces, join devotional activities offsite, and enjoy a relaxed atmosphere designed to feel homey. The community's pet-friendly policy, combined with its sunlit lounges, inviting outdoor spaces, and individualized service, all add up to a senior living option where people can get care and comfort in a small town, knowing there's always someone nearby to help, and plenty of options to choose from each day.

    People often ask...

    Lawton Senior Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,378 per month.

    Lawton Senior Living offers assisted living and memory care.

    There are 33 photos of Lawton Senior Living on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 200 E Char-Mac Dr, Lawton, IA 51030.

    No, Lawton Senior Living 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.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Iowa, the Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing licenses assisted living and long-term care programs, conducting recertification visits and complaint investigations.

    License number1751
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAssisted Living Programs for People with Dementia
    Capacity50 residents
    EffectiveApril 7th, 2026
    ExpiresApril 6th, 2028
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    Inspection Reports

    15

    Reports

    6

    Citations

    9

    Complaints

    21

    Years

    28 Jan 2026Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No regulatory insufficiencies were cited.
    19 Jun 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies cited in the recertification review for dementia programs. Census numbers were reported during the process.
    27 Feb 2024Complaint
    Identified a deficiency in evaluating tenants; an evaluation expired and could not be completed because residents passed away. Ongoing assessment documentation was later required to ensure future compliance.
    • 481-69.22(3)Evaluation of Tenant
    26 Jan 2023Renewal
    Identified multiple deficiencies related to staff background checks, dependent adult abuse training, and tenant evaluations and service plans.
    • 481-67.9(6)Dependent adult abuse training
    • 481-67.19(3)Record Checks (criminal history and abuse record checks)
    • 481-67.19(5)Employment prohibition
    • 481-69.22(3)Evaluation of Tenant
    • 481-69.26(1)Service Plans
    16 Sept 2020Complaint
    Found no deficiencies during the recertification visit and related surveys.
    24 Apr 2019Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no regulatory insufficiencies cited. Census numbers were provided by the program during the on-site visit.
    05 Jul 2018Renewal
    Found no deficiencies.
    19 Jul 2016Renewal
    Found no deficiencies. The monitoring completed with no regulatory insufficiencies cited.
    29 Oct 2014Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and monitoring evaluation and found no deficiencies. No regulatory insufficiencies were noted.
    24 Jan 2012Renewal
    Found no deficiencies.
    24 Mar 2011Incident
    Investigated the missing medications allegation and found no regulatory deficiencies noted.
    29 Mar 2010Complaint
    Determined there were no substantiated regulatory insufficiencies during this certification period.
    27 Mar 2008Renewal
    Found substantial compliance with regulations during the monitoring visit. Tenants reported satisfaction with the living environment, staff, meals, activities, and medical services, and there were no complaints filed this certification period.
    22 Feb 2006Complaint
    Found no deficiencies during the monitoring visit. Tenant feedback was positive about cleanliness, care, and activities.
    25 Oct 2005Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no deficiencies.

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