Pricing ranges from
    $5,125 – 6,662/month

    The Lakeside Village

    2067 IA-4, Panora, IA 50216
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Compassionate staff, beautiful lake views

    I toured the community and was impressed by the friendly, compassionate staff, delicious meals, and clean, bright facility with beautiful lake views. Residents clearly thrive with engaging activities, outings and a warm, home-like, family atmosphere - I'd recommend it for anyone seeking elevated senior living.

    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
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

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

    Memory care community services

    • Dementia waiver
    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Pet friendly
    • 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

    4.51·(35)

    Overall rating

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

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      4.6
    • Amenities

      3.9
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • Scenic lakeside location and lake views
    • Caring, compassionate, and friendly staff
    • Continuity of care within the same facility
    • Dedicated memory-care wing and dementia-appropriate services
    • Nutritious, varied, and well-liked dining options
    • Active, varied activity program and scheduled outings
    • Structured exercise program with personalized plans
    • Transportation provided for activities and appointments
    • Clean, well-maintained, and bright interiors
    • Home-like, non-institutional atmosphere
    • Range of apartment sizes and private bathrooms
    • Accessible outdoor areas and large windows
    • Helpful move-in support and family engagement
    • Reasonable pricing and perceived value for many residents

    Cons

    • Intermittent staffing shortages and turnover in key positions
    • Inconsistent internal communication and organizational processes
    • Maintenance responsiveness and facility-upkeep variability
    • Management transparency and billing-practices concerns
    • Limited 24-hour nursing/clinical coverage
    • Privacy and information-handling concerns
    • Inconvenient building layout and limited parking
    • Perceived variability in pricing-value alignment
    • Allegations of misleading marketing and admission information

    Summary of reviews

    The Lakeside Village consistently presents as a well-located, attractively maintained senior living community with a strong emphasis on social engagement and a homelike environment. Many families and residents described the facility as clean, bright, and staffed by compassionate caregivers; the lakeside setting and lake views are frequent positives. The property offers a range of apartment configurations, private bathrooms, and accessible outdoor spaces, which support independent living and a non-institutional atmosphere.

    Care quality is generally described favorably. Reviewers emphasized thoughtful, compassionate staff interactions, continuity of care within the facility, and availability of memory-care services. Several accounts highlighted helpful move-in support, hospice coordination, and staff willingness to work with families. At the same time, there are recurring operational concerns: intermittent staffing shortages and turnover in key positions can affect service consistency, and some families desired more robust overnight clinical coverage.

    Dining and activities are notable strengths. The dining program is repeatedly characterized as nutritious, varied, and enjoyable, with accommodating staff in the dining room. A wide range of activities and outings — exercise classes with individualized plans, bingo, Wii and movie nights, church services, and escorted lunches — contributes to resident engagement and a sense of community. Transportation for activities and appointments is an appreciated service that supports participation.

    Facility features receive positive comments about cleanliness, maintenance of common areas, and an elevated senior-living feel. However, some reviews point to variable maintenance responsiveness and operational issues such as limited parking and building layout factors (for example, elevator placement) that can impose additional walking for residents and visitors.

    Management and administrative areas show mixed feedback. Many families praised accommodating, communicative staff and involved management, but there are also recurring concerns about inconsistent internal communication, organizational clarity, and transparency around billing and post-admission charges — including a small number of more serious allegations of misleading marketing and problematic billing practices. Additionally, a few reviewers raised privacy and information-handling concerns. Prospective residents and families should seek clear, written explanations of billing policies, staffing models (including overnight clinical coverage), and privacy practices during the tour and contract-review process.

    Overall, The Lakeside Village appears to provide a warm, activity-rich environment with strong dining and caregiving strengths, particularly for memory-care and social engagement. Prospective residents should balance these strengths against the operational caveats: ask specific questions about staffing levels and turnover, maintenance response times, clinical coverage hours, parking and building layout, and obtain clear documentation on billing and privacy policies to ensure expectations align with the facility's current operations.

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    Location

    Map showing location of The Lakeside Village

    The Lakeside Village is located at 2067 IA-4, Panora, IA, 50216.

    About The Lakeside Village

    The Lakeside Village sits near a peaceful lake, and folks like the scenic view, with the place feeling quiet but not lonely since the staff and residents treat each other like a big family. The building is a mid-rise, pet-friendly, and each apartment comes with air conditioning, cable TV, Wi-Fi, private bathrooms, and safety features like grab bars and emergency call systems. There are several choices for where to live, including semi-private rooms, private rooms, and one- or two-bedroom units, so people can find a space that fits them or even a small efficiency for assisted living, and the independent apartments come with full kitchens and washers and dryers. Residents can keep their pets, enjoy landscaped courtyards, and use outdoor paths for walks or just sit and enjoy the garden, while the building and grounds are all accessible for people with disabilities, with staff watching the entrances and making sure everyone's safe day and night.

    The Lakeside Village covers several types of care such as independent living, assisted living, memory care, and respite care, so some people come needing help with their daily routines like bathing, getting dressed, or managing medicines, and others need more supervision for memory issues or non-ambulatory care, and the trained staff-including nurses, a doctor, and even podiatry services-stays on duty around the clock to help as needed. There's strong support for families too, with help for move-ins and special services designed to keep people as independent as possible, plus close relationships with places like Mercy Panora Medical Clinic and Gch Family Medicine for extra peace of mind and quick help when someone needs it.

    Daily life at this community tends to bring people together for meals in a restaurant-style dining room, where cooks and a professional chef make tasty food that can fit just about any diet, like allergy-sensitive or diabetes-friendly plates, and a café snack area sits ready for between-meal bites or chatting with friends. The activities stretch from art therapy and classes to games, music, movie nights, and scheduled trips out, with safe transportation and plenty to do on-site, like fitness programs, gardening, and using the library or lounge areas, and a game room stands waiting for folks to pass the time with cards or puzzles whenever they want. Cleaning, laundry, and linen services take some burden off, and residents know they'll have move-in help and steady support from a team that cares about compassion, respect, and good communication, which is something that many describe as that "Iowa Nice" attitude. Even veterans find a little extra consideration with a special fee waiver program.

    The living spaces keep things comfortable and safe, giving every apartment a personal climate control system, private bathrooms, and kitchens or kitchenettes to host family at home if someone feels like it. The community tries to keep things fresh and active, making sure nobody gets bored and there's always a way to join in-not too big, so faces get familiar, and folks get to know one another. The facilities always seem clean, with no off smells, and management stays ready to talk if a problem comes up. At The Lakeside Village, people find care that fits them, plenty of ways to stay active and social, and a focus on keeping life as independent as possible even as needs change.

    People often ask...

    The Lakeside Village offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,125 per month.

    The Lakeside Village offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

    There are 23 photos of The Lakeside Village on Mirador.

    Yes, The Lakeside Village allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 2067 IA-4, Panora, IA 50216.

    No, The Lakeside Village 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 number2658
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAssisted Living Programs for People with Dementia
    Capacity128 residents
    EffectiveNovember 8th, 2025
    ExpiresNovember 8th, 2027
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    Inspection Reports

    20

    Reports

    1

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    14

    Complaints

    15

    Years

    08 Sept 2025Incident
    Found that door alarm policies were not consistently followed and alarms were not heard by staff, contributing to an elopement incident.
    • 481-67.2(3)Program Policies and Procedures
    31 Oct 2024Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and identified deficiencies related to door alarms and adherence to policies and procedures. Observed that a second interior door could be opened without proper alarm resetting and a sign indicated door codes were not needed, with staff responses to alarms appearing delayed.
    • 481-67.2(3)Program Policies and Procedures
    03 Jan 2024Complaint
    Found deficiencies in building maintenance and safety. Exterior and interior conditions included damaged siding, loose soffits, missing fascia, water damage, rotted deck posts, and missing dryer vent covers.
    • 481-69.35(1)bStructural Requirements
    05 Apr 2023Complaint
    Identified a deficiency in ensuring a nurse review after a significant change in a resident's chronic-condition status. The finding involved one resident out of four reviewed.
    • 481-69.26(3)cService Plans
    01 Jun 2022Complaint
    Found that three of four new hires did not complete the required eight hours of dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
    • 481-69.30(1)Dementia Specific Education for Personnel
    14 Oct 2021Complaint
    Found no deficiencies cited during the investigation and infection control review.
    07 Jan 2021Complaint
    Found no deficiencies cited after the on-site infection control survey and related complaint investigations.
    03 Dec 2019Renewal
    Found no deficiencies cited during the recertification for dementia care services.
    19 Feb 2019Complaint
    Found deficiencies related to tenant rights due to inappropriate treatment of tenants by staff, including lack of dignity and respect.
    • Type A481-67.3(1) Tenant rightsTenant rights
    02 Jan 2019Incident
    Investigated and found no regulatory deficiencies.
    23 Oct 2018Complaint
    Concluded that no regulatory deficiencies were found.
    14 Nov 2017Renewal
    Found no deficiencies. Census and program classification data were recorded, showing a total of 34 residents, with 29 in the general program and 5 in the dementia-specific program.
    06 Apr 2017Complaint
    Investigated a complaint alleging inadequate care and missing life-safety alarms; found deficiencies in care delivery and in the dementia-program exit-door alarm system.
    • 481-69.32(231C) Life Safety-emergency policies and procedures and structural safety requirements 69.32(2)Life Safety-emergency policies and procedures and structural safety requirements
    • Continued From page 2
    05 Dec 2016Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and found no deficiencies cited. The documented census details were included, showing a total of 39 residents on-site at the time.
    05 Nov 2015Renewal
    Found no deficiencies. Recertification showed no regulatory insufficiencies cited.
    14 May 2015Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and concluded there were no regulatory insufficiencies identified.
    31 Dec 2013Revisit
    Investigated an allegation of regulatory insufficiency and related issues; found no deficiencies.
    29 Aug 2013Complaint
    Investigated a complaint alleging abuse/neglect and found regulatory insufficiencies across service planning, documentation, life safety, and policies, with a civil penalty assessed.
    • IAC r. 481-69.26(4)(a)Civil penalty for repeated regulatory insufficiencies
    • IAC r. 481-69.25(1)(o,q)Documentation & incident reporting
    • IAC r. 481-69.35(1)Building & grounds maintenance
    • IAC r. 481-67.3(1)(4)Policies & procedures
    29 May 2013Complaint
    Investigated an allegation that a tenant eloped and a reporting lapse occurred; found no deficiencies noted.
    21 Sept 2011Renewal
    Found no deficiencies during the on-site review conducted on September 21, 2011.

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