Wesley Homes Des Moines LLC
Independent Living / Assisted Living / Memory Care / Skilled Nursing / Continuing Care (CCRC) / Rehabilitation
Reviews
Excellent Staff, Disappointing Dining
Wesley Des Moines features consistently praised staff described as friendly, caring, and responsive, along with beautiful new facilities, extensive amenities (pool, theater, library, fitness), and strong maintenance. However, residents repeatedly criticize the dining room food as bland, repetitive, and underwhelming given the high cost ($8,800/month mentioned), with chronic understaffing in the dining room. Several reviewers note the resident population skews significantly older, making it difficult for younger residents (late 70s) to find peers with shared interests.
I was at Wesley Des Moines' nursing care facility for rehab, and it was wonderful. The care people were just fantastic. They have a physical therapy department, and they treat
We toured Wesley Des Moines. The staff was very open, very friendly, and very welcoming. It's brand new, very open, very bright and has lots of daylight. It was just very nice
Wesley Des Moines is a very beautiful campus, and the staff is very friendly and caring. The residents seemed very happy. They have lots of activities. It's all in one place.
Our primary reason for choosing Wesley Des Moines was that the campus was being completely redeveloped and it had 3 bedroom, 1810 sq ft. Rainier apartments available. We moved in A
Inspections(3)
This facility received multiple fire safety code violations across two inspections in August and November 2025, primarily involving missing documentation for required inspections and maintenance of life-safety systems (sprinklers, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, generator, fire drills). Physical violations included improper electrical clearances, missing ceiling tiles compromising fire barriers, non-latching fire doors, broken exit signs, and untethered gas appliances. The facility demonstrated a good response by correcting most physical violations by the December re-inspection and obtaining necessary documentation, though initial compliance gaps indicated systemic record-keeping deficiencies that required regulatory intervention to resolve.
View original report →Wesley Homes Des Moines failed multiple critical fire and life safety inspections across two provider locations, exhibiting systemic documentation failures for required safety system testing and maintenance. Major violations included missing documentation for sprinkler systems, fire pumps, smoke detectors, kitchen suppression systems, generator testing, fire/smoke dampers, and incomplete fire drill records—representing fundamental breakdowns in life-safety oversight. The facility corrected several physical hazards (electrical clearances, fire doors, exit signs) during inspections but failed to provide essential maintenance records at re-inspection, demonstrating inadequate record-keeping systems rather than a comprehensive corrective response to the underlying compliance culture issues.
View original report →The facility failed to ensure staff completed required training and tuberculosis screening for multiple employees, placing all 25 residents at risk of unmet care needs and potential TB exposure. These violations were previously cited on December 27, 2024, and remained uncorrected at the February 24, 2025 follow-up visit, resulting in $700 in civil fines. The facility's failure to correct known deficiencies within a two-month period demonstrates inadequate response and systemic compliance issues. The repeat nature of these violations and lack of timely corrective action indicates poor administrative oversight of basic regulatory requirements.
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