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Families describe Northridge Village as a warm, clean, well-run community in Ames, Iowa, with especially high praise for the tour experience and the memory care neighborhood. Reviewers consistently mention friendly, attentive staff and a comfortable, home-like atmosphere across independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing levels. A few reviewers noted logistical limits, such as long waitlists or an inability to accommodate certain short-term needs immediately.
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Northridge Village is a senior living community in Ames, Iowa offering Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Guest Meals, Restaurant style Dining Room and Outdoor Patio. Families rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 102 reviews.
Northridge Village is a senior living community in Ames, Iowa offering skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, and memory care in a multi-building campus. The facility includes independent living residences alongside rehabilitation and nursing care units, serving residents across a range of care needs.
Families consistently praise the cleanliness, modern design, and thoughtful maintenance of the physical environment. Staff members appear knowledgeable and attentive, one family noted that maintenance requests are handled promptly. The community emphasizes daily meals cooked on-site with desserts, a coffee shop with fresh cookies, and abundant common spaces including patios and lounges where residents interact actively. Tour guides have left strong impressions on prospective residents and their families, taking time to answer questions thoroughly and suggest local resources when needed.
Residents encountered during tours appear visibly content and engaged. Families highlight a warm, welcoming atmosphere and staff who provide compassionate care through illness and transitions. One visitor wrote that staff were "loving and caring every step of the way" during her mother-in-law's stay.
Northridge Village holds a 4.9/5 Google rating across 102 reviews. One touring family noted their experience felt rushed during a scheduled tour, and information about amenities was sometimes limited in that interaction, a point worth discussing directly with the community.
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Help Me Choose4.9overall · 102 ratings combined
4.9★ on Google (102)
Mark Stenberg
Jun 2026
We went to go look at Northridge Village as a potential home for my parents. What a great facility. We talked with residents and they were very happy to be living there. Modern amenities, kind, caring staff, and lots of patios/lounges/sitting areas to enjoy. In particular, Luke Borst was super helpful in explaining everything and patient with our questions, not to mention very knowledgeable about this whole process of finding the next right spot for aging loved ones
Ashley Terrell
Jun 2026
We have had a wonderful experience working with this senior health care community. The staff is caring, compassionate, and always goes above and beyond to make residents feel comfortable and valued. The community is clean, welcoming, and provides a safe and positive environment. We are grateful for the community partnership and support for seniors!
teresa Erickson
May 2026
Fun, kind guide who explained things well
Eric Abrams
May 2026
My parents moved there about 2 years ago and transitioned from independent to assisted and needed to transition to another facility due to my dad's condition. Staff were great to work with and accommodating to my parents health and living needs. They liked the activities and facilities and unfortunately they could not stay.
Randy Farwell
May 2026
Luke provided a great tour of the facility. It is a very nice facility/program. The memory care building is amazing!
4 inspection visits in the last three years, 13 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 6, 2026
Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 6, 2026
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 9, 2026
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Feb 6, 2026
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jan 16, 2025
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 16, 2025
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 14, 2025
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 16, 2025
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 14, 2025
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Apr 30, 2024
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 7, 2023
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 7, 2023
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 7, 2023
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Northridge Village offers Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Northridge Village is located at 3300 George Washington Carver Avenue in Ames, Iowa.
Families describe Northridge Village as a warm, clean, well-run community in Ames, Iowa, with especially high praise for the tour experience and the memory care neighborhood. Reviewers consistently mention friendly, attentive staff and a comfortable, home-like atmosphere across independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing levels. A few reviewers noted logistical limits, such as long waitlists or an inability to accommodate certain short-term needs immediately.
Northridge Village had 4 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 13 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.
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