This site is managed by the communications team at Edgewater, Iowa’s first Active Life Community sponsored by WesleyLife. Its purpose is to share news and information with local, regional and national media as well as individuals interested in the active-lifestyle retirement amenities found at Edgewater. In the future, this site will allow comments as the Edgewater leadership team explores health and wellness trends, and successful aging topics and issues.
About Edgewater
Edgewater represents a distinctively innovative approach to retirement living by offering a progressive wellness program, upscale amenities which are open to the public, as well as a revolutionized skilled nursing area.
Located at 9225 Cascade Drive in West Des Moines, the 50-acre Edgewater campus features:
- 137 Independent-living residences
- 14 Private villas connected by trails that outline the property
- 32 Assisted-living area/rehabilitative-service suites
- 16 Memory care suites
- 40 Neighborhood-style private, skilled-nursing bedrooms
For more information about Edgewater, please call 515-978-2980 or visit www.wesleylife.org.
About WesleyLife
WesleyLife (formerly Wesley Retirement Services Inc.) is a nonprofit organization with a Christian mission to support the independence, health and well being of older adults wherever they call home. WesleyLife operates six continuing care retirement communities throughout Iowa (Wesley Acres in Des Moines, Halcyon House in Washington, Heritage House in Atlantic, Park Centre in Newton, The Village in Indianola, and Wesley’s newest community, Edgewater in West Des Moines). In addition, WesleyLife serves older Iowans at home and throughout the community with Wesley Community Services (adult day centers in Des Moines and Newton; home care and health services in Des Moines, Ames, Indianola and Atlantic; Meals On Wheels in Des Moines; and hospice and palliative care in Des Moines, Ames and Indianola). For more information about WesleyLife, please visit www.wesleylife.org.