State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Bickford Cottage Ames
2418 Kent Ave, Ames, IA 50010 · Story County · 49 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1734 · licence S0024 · certified through March 5, 2027 · first licensed March 1999
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0024
- Certified since
- March 5, 1999
- Current certificate
- From March 5, 2025, expires March 5, 2027
- Occupancy
- 49 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
15 citations — more than 87% of the 437 licensed assisted living facilities in Iowa. Compared only within Iowa: a citation from DIAL means what it means in Iowa, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 5 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated
Not in this record
Fire and life safety inspection, severity, the survey report, and enforcement. The fire safety inspection of an Iowa assisted living program is the State Fire Marshal's and is not published; what DIAL itself cites about the building — its structural requirements, the dwelling-unit rules for dementia-specific programs and the fire and safety standards of the Code — is here. DIAL assigns no severity to a citation, and the survey report itself is published only as a scanned image, which is not read. Fines, conditional certifications and other enforcement actions are recorded separately and not republished. Elder group homes and adult day services are other certification types and are not included.
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How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 15 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2023 | complaint investigation | 2 |
| June 28, 2023 | recertification survey; complaint investigation, revisit | 0 |
| May 1, 2024 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 2 |
| February 20, 2025 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 1 |
| May 29, 2025 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 2 |
| October 23, 2025 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 8 |
| March 4, 2026 | complaint investigation; complaint investigation, revisit | 0 |
| March 4, 2026 | complaint investigation | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 7
- Records and administration 5
- Staffing and training 3
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 7 |
| Records and administration | 5 |
| Staffing and training | 3 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
March 4, 2026 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
March 4, 2026 — complaint investigation; complaint investigation, revisit, nothing cited
October 23, 2025 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 8 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.3-5 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.25-3 | All records shall be protected from loss, damage and unauthorized use |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
May 29, 2025 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
February 20, 2025 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
May 1, 2024 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
June 28, 2023 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, revisit, nothing cited
March 23, 2023 — complaint investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
DIAL also holds 25 older citations for this facility from before September 2021, outside the 5-year window these pages use. They are on the state’s own record.
Reflects the DIAL record as pulled September 22, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the Iowa state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.