Assisted Living
Garden Square of Crete
1405 Hickory Ave, Crete, NE 68333 · Map
Licensed for 59 residents · TABITHA INC.
Garden Square of Crete is a state-licensed assisted living community in Crete, Nebraska. It is licensed for 59 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Garden Square of Crete says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 59 residents
Assisted Living Facility ALF063. Licensee TABITHA INC..
Nearest emergency room
1.2 miles
Crete Area Medical Center.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Square of Crete this community | 59 | Not published | Active | No record | |
| Wilber Care Center, North Main Rr 1 Box 5 | 9.6 mi | 68 | Not published | Active | No record |
| The Independence House at Coddington | 13.7 mi | 16 | Not published | Active | No record |
| The Waterford at Wilderness Hills Memory Care | 15.3 mi | 16 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Yankee Hill Village | 15.8 mi | 90 | Not published | Active | No record |
License and ownershipActive license, licensee TABITHA INC.
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- ALF063
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 59
- Licensee
- TABITHA INC.
- County
- Saline County
- Administrator
- April Heyen
Source: Nebraska state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Nebraska licensing record, as of Oct 15, 2025.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Nebraska, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Nebraska
- Medicaid HCBS Aged and Disabled (AD) Waiver: Supported Residential Living (formerly Assisted Living). Nebraska Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver pays for a service called Supported Residential Living, which used to be called Assisted Living, in licensed assisted living facilities. You must get Nebraska Medicaid and need a nursing-home level of care, and you pay the room and board yourself. (state page)
- Waitlist. Nebraska's draft 2026 waiver renewal says there is no waiting list for the Aged and Disabled waiver. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.2 mi, nursing home 0.2 mi, pharmacy 15.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Crete Area Medical Center, Crete. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Tabitha Nursing Center at Crete, Crete. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elite Professionals Home Care Company, Lincoln. 17.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 15.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 68333 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 68333.
Aseracare Hospice, office in Lincoln, 16.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice (Lincoln), office in Lincoln, 16.9 miles away, straight line
Eventide Hospice, office in Lincoln, 19.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Unmc Physicians, Omaha. 57.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Crete, NE, risk to homes is greater than 57% of communities in Nebraska and 64% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Garden Square of Crete provide?
Garden Square of Crete is licensed by the state of Nebraska for assisted living in Crete, Nebraska. Its licensed capacity is 59 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Garden Square of Crete?
No. We publish state licensing details for Garden Square of Crete but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Garden Square of Crete cost?
Assisted Living in Nebraska typically starts at $3,550 to $4,900 a month. Based on 35 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Garden Square of Crete does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Garden Square of Crete?
Use Garden Square of Crete's website, tabitha.org/living-communities/assisted-living/the-gardens.html, or visit at 1405 Hickory Ave, Crete, NE 68333.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid