Boise Senior AdvisorCottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian at 3173 West Belltower Drive, Meridian (Ada County) holds Idaho residential assisted living facility license RC-1186 (unrestricted), licensed for 32 beds, 16 of them in a secured memory care setting; IDHW's file lists 9 surveys and 0 enforcement actions.
Is Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian in Meridian licensed by the state of Idaho?
IDHW's licensing file shows Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian as an unrestricted RALF, license RC-1186, with 32 licensed beds and a license period that runs to December 31, 2026.
| IDHW record | Value |
|---|---|
| License number and type | RC-1186, residential assisted living facility (RALF) |
| License status | Unrestricted |
| License period | January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 |
| Licensed beds | 32 |
| Secured (memory care) beds | 16 |
| HART beds (behavioral health) | 0 |
| Resident types accepted | Alzheimer's/dementia, developmental disability, elderly, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, physical disability |
| Accepts Idaho Medicaid | Yes |
| Excellence in Care award on file | None shown |
At 32 beds it is a mid-sized community; the median senior-serving RALF in the five counties has 37 beds. The secured count (16) is the figure to check when a parent with dementia has started to wander.
What does Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian's survey history look like?
The most recent health care licensure survey, on November 1, 2024, recorded “non-core issues found”.
Complaint investigations in the past three years: 0 (52 of 93 senior RALFs in the five counties had none in that period). Surveys with a core issue in the past five years: 1. Surveys with no issues at all, in the whole file: 0 of 9.
The last fire, life safety and sanitation survey was January 17, 2025: non-core issues found.
| Survey date | Survey type | Result (IDHW) |
|---|---|---|
| 01/17/2025 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 11/01/2024 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up | Non-core issues found |
| 07/07/2023 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up | Non-core issues found |
| 04/27/2023 | Health Care Complaint Investigation | Core and Non-core issues found |
| 03/28/2022 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 03/04/2021 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up | Non-core issues found |
| 12/21/2020 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 09/24/2019 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 10/26/2018 | Health Care Initial Licensure | Non-core issues found |
Has Idaho taken enforcement action against Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian?
No: IDHW's facility search shows no enforcement actions (penalties, admission bans, provisional licenses or consultants) for Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian.
That is the common case: 14 of 93 senior-serving RALFs in the five counties have at least one.
Who owns and runs Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian?
IDHW lists the owners as Maxfield, CEO, Mark; Derek Maxfield; Cottages Holdings, LLC; Cottages Senior Living I, LLC (Primary), and the current administrator as Heather Pinson, in the role since 07/01/2018.
The state's five-year administrator history shows 1 administrator at this home. Leadership has been steady by that measure.
Does Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian accept residents with dementia or on Medicaid?
IDHW's record lists the resident types Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian is set up for as Alzheimer's/dementia, developmental disability, elderly, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, physical disability, and it does accept Idaho Medicaid.
It has secured beds, so dementia with wandering risk can be served in the locked area. Medicaid acceptance means a path to stay if savings run out; ask for the Medicaid room and board rate. How Medicaid works in Idaho assisted living.
What else is close to Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian in Meridian?
The nearest other senior-serving RALF is Care Moore Homes Memory Care at Settlers in Meridian, at practically the same spot (ZIP-code centers), and the closest hospital is St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, roughly 5 miles.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Secured (memory care) beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care Moore Homes Memory Care at Settlers 3336 N Meridian Road, 83646 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Cottages at Lochsa Falls, The 2146 + 2158 West Everest Lane, 83646 | 0.0 | 32 | 32 |
| Edgewood Spring Creek Ustick, LLC 3165 North Meridian Road, 83646 | 0.0 | 60 | 0 |
What should we ask Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Meridian before moving in?
Start with what its state file shows: ask for the November 1, 2024 survey report and how each non-core item was fixed within the 30 days Idaho allows.
- Get the day and night staffing in writing before signing.
- Ask who delegates medication assistance and how aides are trained for it.
- Ask what would trigger a move out of the secured unit, and what extra the unit costs.
