State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Avoca Lodge AL
612 East York Road, Avoca, IA 51521 · Pottawattamie County · 40 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1727 · licence S0138 · certified through February 27, 2028 · first licensed February 2002
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0138
- Certified since
- February 28, 2002
- Current certificate
- From February 27, 2026, expires February 27, 2028
- Occupancy
- 40 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
4 citations — more than 55% 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 | 4 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2023 | recertification survey | 3 |
| October 31, 2024 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| July 31, 2025 | recertification survey | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 3
- Food service 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 3 |
| Food service | 1 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
July 31, 2025 — recertification survey, nothing cited
October 31, 2024 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
April 27, 2023 — recertification survey, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.28-5 | Personnel who are employed by or contract with the program and who are responsible for food preparation or… |
DIAL also holds 3 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.