State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Bickford Cottage Cedar Falls
5101 University, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 · Black Hawk County · 74 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1741 · licence S0028 · certified through February 1, 2027 · first licensed February 1999
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0028
- Certified since
- February 1, 1999
- Current certificate
- From February 1, 2025, expires February 1, 2027
- Occupancy
- 74 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
35 citations — more than 97% 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 citation 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 programDecember 10, 2024
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 35 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2022 | recertification survey; incident investigation | 8 |
| June 7, 2023 | complaint investigation | 12 |
| August 3, 2023 | incident investigation | 1 |
| December 14, 2023 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| December 10, 2024 | incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| December 10, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation | 13 |
| December 10, 2024 | complaint investigation, revisit | 0 |
| May 14, 2025 | recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| May 14, 2025 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 0 |
| November 18, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 18
- Staffing and training 9
- Records and administration 5
- Food service 1
- Other 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 18 |
| Staffing and training | 9 |
| Records and administration | 5 |
| Food service | 1 |
| Life safety | 1 |
| Medication | 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.
November 18, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
May 14, 2025 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, nothing cited
May 14, 2025 — recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
December 10, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation, 13 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.19-5 | Employment prohibition |
| 481-67.19-9 | The employer shall act to verify the information within seven calendar days of notification |
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.23-1 | A program shall not knowingly admit or retain a tenant who |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.28-4 | Therapeutic diets may be provided by a program |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
December 10, 2024 — incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
December 10, 2024 — complaint investigation, revisit, nothing cited
December 14, 2023 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
August 3, 2023 — incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.29-3 | The owner or management corporation of the program is responsible for ensuring that all personnel employed… |
June 7, 2023 — complaint investigation, 12 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 235E.2-10 | Dependent adult abuse reports in facilities and programs The department shall adopt rules which require… |
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.9-1 | Number of staff |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.25-2 | The program records relating to a tenant shall be retained for a minimum of three years after the transfer… |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
March 9, 2022 — recertification survey; incident investigation, 8 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 231C.5 | Written occupancy agreement required |
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
DIAL also holds 66 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.