Arbor Springs

Arbor Springs Arbor Springs is an award-winning facility devoted entirely to the care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Arbor Springs is a community devoted entirely to the care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. We are different – we provide a holistic program in a uniquely designed home-like setting. We offer care for early to end stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias all under one roof. Our philosophy and model of care is different from mainstream programs. Arbor Springs believes the PERSON precedes the dementia..

Activities from today, Monday 4/27/26:Our Link Volunteers joined us this morning for WildLife BINGO and popcorn 🍿 and we...
04/27/2026

Activities from today, Monday 4/27/26:

Our Link Volunteers joined us this morning for WildLife BINGO and popcorn 🍿 and we had over four Blackout BINGO winners (between our two games), so we are definitely going to be on the lookout 👀 for more stuffed animals 🧸 as prizes!

We had a smaller group for the Courtyatd Chats, but a BIG thank you 🙏 to residents Bob S, Ruth R, Dee M & Marilyn N for joining Michelle outside.

We held a Root Beer Floats Social 😋 this afternoon, which was sponsored by EveryStep Hospice. We thank Christine, Anna, and Benny (their new service dog) for visits in The Cafe and then in all six of our neighborhoods 🤗!

Additional thank you’s are extended to:
Peggy H’s Family for their recent piano 🎹 donation (outside The Cafe) AND to Volunteer Carol M (and her sewing circle friends for their donations of neck pillows and lap blankets).

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04/27/2026

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Happy Saturday 4/25/26!Today’s activities included morning visits, puzzles 🧩, and color therapy. Mother Nature definitel...
04/25/2026

Happy Saturday 4/25/26!
Today’s activities included morning visits, puzzles 🧩, and color therapy. Mother Nature definitely cooperated with a very sunny 🌞 Courtyard Chat after lunch. This afternoon, Andrea & Natalie made and served up banana 🍌 smoothies.

Thank you 🙏 to Care Initiatives Hospice for sponsoring our Friday morning activity: making dirt pudding cups, in celebra...
04/24/2026

Thank you 🙏 to Care Initiatives Hospice for sponsoring our Friday morning activity: making dirt pudding cups, in celebration 🎉 of Arbor Day 2026!

We welcomed 🤗Volunteer Monica & Penny the Dog for visits in the building, as well as outside for a shorter Courtyard Chat activity this afternoon, due to cooler temperatures and wind (even though we were seated in the sun ☀️).

We ended the day with residents and family members joining Kate and Andrea in The Cafe for several Tree 🌳 themed BINGO Games 👏!

We enjoyed a nice social in The Cafe this morning (complete with cake) to thank 🙏 all our volunteers from the past year,...
04/24/2026

We enjoyed a nice social in The Cafe this morning (complete with cake) to thank 🙏 all our volunteers from the past year, as well as listen to our young student volunteers (1st graders) from Brookview Elementary! The kids and their teachers also visited each of the neighborhoods to finish delivering spring flower crafts to residents before lunch was served.

Happy Wednesday 4/22/26!Thanks 🙏 to Neil Hewitt for providing music 🎶 this morning. We thank Mother Nature for the reall...
04/23/2026

Happy Wednesday 4/22/26!
Thanks 🙏 to Neil Hewitt for providing music 🎶 this morning. We thank Mother Nature for the really beautiful weather for our Courtyard Chats. Lastly, we thank all the residents who tried their creative ways to celebrate Earth 🌎 Day with our “land” and “sea” themed Fun with Foods 😋!

Today’s Activities:10:30 Music by Neil Hewitt 🎶 1:00 Courtyard Chats 🌞3:00 Fun with Food 😋
04/22/2026

Today’s Activities:
10:30 Music by Neil Hewitt 🎶
1:00 Courtyard Chats 🌞
3:00 Fun with Food 😋

Thanks 🙏 to everyone who attended one or more of our Arbor Springs activities today, 4/21/26…we were busy with planting,...
04/22/2026

Thanks 🙏 to everyone who attended one or more of our Arbor Springs activities today, 4/21/26…we were busy with planting, courtyard chats, and the weekly Book Club!

Hello 👋 from the Arbor Springs Family!We have two belated pictures first to share from the “Sundaes on a Sunday” activit...
04/21/2026

Hello 👋 from the Arbor Springs Family!
We have two belated pictures first to share from the “Sundaes on a Sunday” activity held over the weekend 😋!

We want to thank volunteers from Link & Associates for making the popcorn 🍿 this morning and passing out the prizes. Congrats 👏to Bob S for winning the 1st Blackout BINGO! Our second game had a two-way tie for the final winners…Le S and Bette H 👏👏!

Thanks 🙏 to the brave residents who attended Courtyard Chats with Ann, Michelle & Andrea…they were also very well bundled with blankets 😂 while sitting in the sun ☀️!

We ended the day with some flower pot painting 🎨 with pots in various sizes. Michelle also pulled out all the painted pots from last year and we will plan to plant 🪴💐🪴🌷tomorrow morning at the 10:30 AM activity, to be held in The Cafe.

It’s been another fun-filled Friday here at Arbor Springs! Thank you 🙏 to EveryStep Hospice for bringing Louis the thera...
04/17/2026

It’s been another fun-filled Friday here at Arbor Springs! Thank you 🙏 to EveryStep Hospice for bringing Louis the therapy dog for morning visits. It was his first time & he was welcomed 🤗 by many residents and their family members inside The Cafe. We also want to thank Christine from EveryStep Hospice for staying to help with our Paint 🎨 & Sip 😋 activity before lunch.

This afternoon we had to cancel our Courtyard Chats, due to weather, but gathered again at 3:00 PM for our Red Hat Club Social. We enjoyed listening to music 🎶 (record albums on a record player) as a special loan to us from the West Des Moines Library.

Thank you to everyone who helped take photos at our activities throughout the day!

Happy Thursday 4/16/26! We sure hope everyone has had a fun 🤩 day, just like us…we welcomed 🤗 Volunteer Peggy for mornin...
04/17/2026

Happy Thursday 4/16/26!

We sure hope everyone has had a fun 🤩 day, just like us…we welcomed 🤗 Volunteer Peggy for morning Catholic Communion visits; we enjoyed being in our pajamas, playing pool noodle balloon 🎈 toss with the Valley Kids, and answering “P” and “J” word trivia with Michelle before lunch; we listened to music 🎶, talked, and sat outside (residents’ choice of sun ☀️ or shade) during our Courtyard Chats; we returned to The Cafe for a yummy 😋 Girl Scout Cookie Social (special thanks to Mary P and her troop for donating the boxed cookies); and then ended the day with Marilyn Jerome’s guitar music 🎵. We really had lots of singing, clapping 👏 , and toe tapping!

Thank you 🙏 to our amazing staff!
It was truly a team effort in moving residents to and from all these activities 🙌!

Please save the date for one ☝️ week from today!This social is for all current AND prospective volunteers of Arbor Sprin...
04/16/2026

Please save the date for one ☝️ week from today!
This social is for all current AND prospective volunteers of Arbor Springs. Come join us 4/23/26 at 10:30 AM in The Cafe & enjoy some cake 🍰!

*community friends, family members, Hospice teammates, Arbor Springs staff, church partners

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7951 Ep True Pkwy
West Des Moines, IA
50266

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