State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Addington Place of Des Moines
5815 SE 27th Street, Des Moines, IA 50320 · Polk County · 94 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 3157 · licence S0417 · certified through October 1, 2027 · first licensed October 2019
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0417
- Certified since
- October 1, 2019
- Current certificate
- From October 1, 2025, expires October 1, 2027
- Occupancy
- 94 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
14 citations — more than 86% 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.
- 481-69.29-1 Each tenant shall have access to a 24-hour personal emergency response system that automatically…August 3, 2022
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 14 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| August 3, 2022 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 6 |
| May 3, 2023 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 3 |
| October 25, 2023 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| August 7, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 3 |
| May 12, 2025 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| May 12, 2025 | recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit | 0 |
| December 3, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| March 23, 2026 | complaint investigation | 1 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 5
- Staffing and training 5
- Food service 1
- Records and administration 1
- Other 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 5 |
| Staffing and training | 5 |
| Food service | 1 |
| Records and administration | 1 |
| Emergency management | 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.
March 23, 2026 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 231C.5 | Written occupancy agreement required |
December 3, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
May 12, 2025 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-5 | Employment prohibition |
May 12, 2025 — recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit, nothing cited
August 7, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
October 25, 2023 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
May 3, 2023 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-5 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-67.9-6 | Dependent adult abuse training |
August 3, 2022 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 6 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.28-5 | Personnel who are employed by or contract with the program and who are responsible for food preparation or… |
| 481-69.29-1 | Each tenant shall have access to a 24-hour personal emergency response system that automatically… |
| 481-69.29-3 | The owner or management corporation of the program is responsible for ensuring that all personnel employed… |
| 481-69.34-1 | The program shall provide appropriate activities for each tenant |
| 481-69.34-3 | A written schedule of activities shall be developed at least monthly and made available to tenants and… |
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.