State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Gardens at Cherokee
1610 Highway 3, Cherokee, IA 51012 · Cherokee County · 68 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2704 · licence S0278 · certified through June 30, 2028 · first licensed June 2008
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0278
- Certified since
- June 30, 2008
- Current certificate
- From July 1, 2026, expires June 30, 2028
- Occupancy
- 68 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
6 citations — more than 65% 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 | 6 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2023 | recertification survey | 0 |
| July 23, 2025 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 0 |
| January 28, 2026 | complaint investigation | 6 |
What the citations cover
- Records and administration 3
- Resident care 3
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Records and administration | 3 |
| Resident care | 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.
January 28, 2026 — complaint investigation, 6 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 231C.5-2 | 231C.5 Written occupancy agreement required |
| 231C.5-2 | 231C.5 Written occupancy agreement required |
| 231C.5-2 | 231C.5 Written occupancy agreement required |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.3-3 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
July 23, 2025 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, nothing cited
August 22, 2023 — recertification survey, nothing cited
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.