State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Independence Village of Ames MC
1325 Coconino Rd, Ste 300, Ames, IA 50014 · Story County · 30 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1842 · licence S0041 · certified through April 23, 2027 · first licensed April 2001
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0041
- Certified since
- April 23, 2001
- Current certificate
- From April 23, 2025, expires April 23, 2027
- Occupancy
- 30 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
7 citations — more than 71% 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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Building-related citations
The citations about the building itself — physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programJune 6, 2024
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programNovember 10, 2021
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 7 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2021 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey | 3 |
| April 18, 2023 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| June 6, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 4 |
What the citations cover
- Staffing and training 3
- Life safety 2
- Resident care 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Staffing and training | 3 |
| Life safety | 2 |
| Resident care | 2 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
June 6, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 4 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… |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
| 481-69.30-3 | Dementia-specific continuing education |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
April 18, 2023 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
November 10, 2021 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
DIAL also holds 23 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.