State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled November 3, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Bickford Cottage Burlington
3301 Sterling Dr, Burlington, IA 52601 · Des Moines County · 55 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1738 · licence S0011 · certified through September 29, 2028 · first licensed May 1998
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0011
- Certified since
- May 1, 1998
- Current certificate
- From September 30, 2026, expires September 29, 2028
- Occupancy
- 55 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
13 citations — more than 85% 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 | 13 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2022 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| September 29, 2022 | complaint investigation | 3 |
| September 26, 2023 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| March 18, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 0 |
| September 17, 2024 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 2 |
| July 23, 2025 | incident investigation | 1 |
| July 23, 2025 | incident investigation | 1 |
| August 6, 2026 | other visit | 0 |
| August 10, 2026 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 5 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 5
- Records and administration 4
- Staffing and training 3
- Medication 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 5 |
| Records and administration | 4 |
| Staffing and training | 3 |
| Medication | 1 |
Every visit on file since November 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
August 10, 2026 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 5 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.18-3 | Record Checks |
| 481-67.18-3 | Record Checks |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
August 6, 2026 — other visit, nothing cited
July 23, 2025 — incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
July 23, 2025 — incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
September 17, 2024 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
March 18, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, nothing cited
September 26, 2023 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
September 29, 2022 — complaint investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.2-1 | Posting requirements |
September 8, 2022 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.9-1 | Number of staff |
DIAL also holds 26 older citations for this facility from before November 2021, outside the 5-year window these pages use. They are on the state’s own record.
Reflects the DIAL record as pulled November 3, 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.