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Independence Village of Des Moines

4610 Douglas Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310

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9.1
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76 reviews
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76 reviews
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Chris A

Loved one of resident/client

4.0 out of 5 stars

Uncle's s home

Uncle lives here and is clean and friendly. Food could be better but isn't bad. Lots of friendly neighbors. He seems to feel quite safe there. Independent living so no help other than light house keeping and 3 meals a day.

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Independence Village of Des Moines

Independence Village of Des Moines

Receive the care and support you deserve while continuing to live a vibrant and active lifestyle at Independence Village of Des Moines — a community offering chef-inspired meals, daily entertainment, and excellent independent living services in Des Moines, Iowa.


This multi-story community features grand exteriors combined with warm, home-like interiors, creating a unique yet inviting atmosphere that fosters a sense of community among residents. Visit with your loved ones in the spacious, naturally lit atrium lobby, or take a stroll along the outdoor walking paths with your pup — this is a pet-friendly community after all.


Community Services and Amenities

Independence Village of Des Moines provides you with a low-stress and supportive environment where you can focus on aging gracefully and living each day to the fullest. Considerate associates provide a variety of convenient services — including housekeeping, linen, scheduled transportation, and maintenance services. Three hearty and delicious, chef-inspired meals are prepared fresh daily by the professional culinary team before being served in the spacious and modern restaurant-style dining hall.


Make the most of every day with a robust calendar of recreational and social activities, which is updated once a month. Stay active with a daily fitness program, shoot...

Senior living options offered

  • Independent Living

Independence Village of Des Moines

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for Independence Village of Des Moines

9.1 out of 10
Review Score76 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.4
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Care Services
4.5
Staff
4.6
Meals & Dining
4.1
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.3

A Place for Mom has scored Independence Village of Des Moines with 9.1 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Independence Village of Des Moines has 76 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 6/11/25

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Chris A

Independent Living

Family/friend

June 11, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Uncle's s home

Uncle lives here and is clean and friendly. Food could be better but isn't bad. Lots of friendly neighbors. He seems to feel quite safe there. Independent living so no help other than light house keeping and 3 meals a day.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

May 27, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Outstanding Independent Living Facility

What we like the most about the community are the extremely friendly and helpful staff. Facility was clean and well organized. The dining area was perfect and the food was hot and tasty.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

May 20, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Good value/secure, clean and friendly. Overall, recommend.

Food as been hit or miss. High turnover. Activity director turnover has been high. Good one now. When he moved in they had a good cook and gave solid options. New management has been challenged with keeping a cook and offering options. Serving food hot can be a challenge too. Rate went up significantly after one year with no notice. So careful with that. Still reasonable overall.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

May 6, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Review for Independence Village of Des Moines

Independence Village - Des Moines, Management is poor. We will stay here, at least for the foreseeable future; however, the reality is much different than what the brochure says & what mgmt. does.

Denise R

Independent Living

Family/friend

April 1, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Great place for my mom!

Independence Village is a great place for seniors to go and live independently yet have the companionship of other seniors their ages. With the meals included is a bonus and I love the option to be able to go have a meal with my mom.

Samantha M

Independent Living

Family/friend

March 10, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Great staff, when they can keep them

My family member has lived at this location for the last 6 years. They have always had such wonderful staff, but they never seem to stick around. The owner has changed 3 times in the 6 years as well. With all that said, the amenities are alright. The food is pretty good most of the time. The programming for activities is hit or miss. The salon and in house PT are a nice touch. It is clean for the most part. Overall, we’re happy with Independence Village (formerly [community removed]).

Rose J

Independent Living

Toured community

December 12, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Staff
5.0

My tour guide guide was efficient kind, knowledgably, able to show me around the facility and option of different rooms to reside in. Very helpful!

Betty W

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 30, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Thank you all for providing wonderful loving care to all the residents you bring smiles to those you serve. From housekeeping to mangers. Everyone is so kind and willing to help out always. Try absolutely awesome! [name removed also [name removed] all kitchen staff. I would definitely recommend this place to everyone Thank you again so much.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 30, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

From the beginning management called you by your first name. Made you feel very welcome. Very very disappointed with the meals.

Ted P

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 30, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Nice and clean facility, staff and residents are friendly. Feeling at home.

RS

Independent Living

Family/friend

October 2, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Review for Independence Village of Des Moines

I would. The people who live there seem to be happy and have fun. The property is really nice and [names removed] have been very helpful on several occasions. I'd say it's nice. I wish Mom would do more. Meals are good, but not great. I think they have trouble keeping employees.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

August 30, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

I like living here very much! I'm very happy here and really do enjoy seeing her. Every one is very nice and helpful.

Lennore B

Independent Living

Toured community

August 10, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Staff
5.0

Always exciting acitivtes to choose from! Food is excellent, variety to choose from menu, great deserts, residents and staff very friendly.

Scott

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 13, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Renovated and great location

New management as of May. Prior management gave more food choices and seemed to have more servers. Running with less. Food is generally good, but less choice and serving times are long. Supportive staff. Fresh and bright though.

Mark D

Independent Living

Resident/client

May 5, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Not a place age with grace

I have lived here for the past 2 months and I have to say I am disappointed with my experience living here. The price is too high for what you get. The food is a 3 outof 10. The food is sub par and I would choose another place for my mom.

Barbara

Independent Living

Resident/client

January 19, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

This is a great place to continue this adventure into our new life!

I am a resident at Holiday Beaverdale Estates and everything has been very good. Overall, we are very pleased with our new home!

Rachel S

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 12, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

A Place for Mom Helped Make a Big Change Easier!

Our situation was a little unusual, as Mom had been in a large, impersonal feeling assisted living facility due to a hospitalization last year. She has since recovered beyond what we had hoped and now needed to be in a more (and less expensive!) independent living situation with aspects of AL (an emergency call button), friendly people, personal outdoor space, a cozy community feeling, and a place that allows access to whatever care she might need in the future. I appreciated that they listened to our circumstance and recommended two Holiday Living properties, and scheduled appointments for us to see them. One of those was Beaverdale Estates and we were very happy that she liked what she saw! She is settling in very well, likes her apartment, and feels at home there. Although she isn't one to participate in a lot of activities, she is very glad to be there and enjoys visiting with her neighbors whenever she's out and about. A Place for Mom was Instrumental in getting her here.

Margaret L

Independent Living

Resident/client

December 5, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Pleasant Living in a Comfortable Environment

Wanting to be near family brought me to this well-maintained independent living facility in Des Moines, Iowa. When my daughter and I visited, we viewed a variety of studio through 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartments. I chose a one bedroom, one bath apartment. As we toured the entire building, we met a few residents as well as employees. Our rent provides three meals per day as well as once-a-week housekeeping which includes providing clean sheets and bath towels. A bus to transport residents helps to get us to appointments, etc. After living here four months, I feel included in various events and activities. I have developed a few good friendships and feel completely comfortable living here. Rent is reasonable and has proved to be an excellent choice for me.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 8, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Holiday Beaverdale Estates

So far , so good , dad enjoys the meals . Fairly quiet and residents and employees seem to be good folks. We picked this community because it just felt right.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

August 4, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Mom is pleased would definitely recommend!

Right now it sounds like they are searching for a new manager...[name removed] was wonderful...we all like the sales manager [name removed] and the kitchen staff are great, too. My mom's one bedroom apartment is perfect for what she needs, she has a physical therapist right down the hall as well. I would highly recommend Beaverdale Estates to those looking for independent living!

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