State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Homestead of Estherville
2015 3rd Avenue North, Estherville, IA 51334 · Emmet County · 72 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2965 · licence S0352 · certified through June 5, 2027 · first licensed June 2015
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0352
- Certified since
- June 5, 2015
- Current certificate
- From June 5, 2025, expires June 5, 2027
- Occupancy
- 72 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
20 citations — more than 91% 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 citations 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 programAugust 28, 2025
- 481-69.32-3 The program shall obtain approval from the state fire marshal division of the department of public safety…March 13, 2025
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programJune 10, 2024
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programSeptember 14, 2023
- 481-69.35-1 Structural requirementsOctober 4, 2022
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 20 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2021 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey | 0 |
| January 3, 2022 | incident investigation | 4 |
| October 4, 2022 | incident investigation | 2 |
| May 23, 2023 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| May 23, 2023 | complaint investigation; incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| May 23, 2023 | complaint investigation; incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| September 14, 2023 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| May 29, 2024 | complaint investigation | 3 |
| June 10, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation | 5 |
| March 13, 2025 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| August 28, 2025 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 4 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 10
- Life safety 4
- Records and administration 3
- Staffing and training 2
- Other 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 10 |
| Life safety | 4 |
| Records and administration | 3 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Physical plant | 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.
August 28, 2025 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
March 13, 2025 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.32-3 | The program shall obtain approval from the state fire marshal division of the department of public safety… |
June 10, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation, 5 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
| 481-69.32-4 | A program serving a person(s) with cognitive disorder or dementia shall have |
May 29, 2024 — complaint investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 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 |
September 14, 2023 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
May 23, 2023 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
May 23, 2023 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
May 23, 2023 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
October 4, 2022 — incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.35-1 | Structural requirements |
January 3, 2022 — incident investigation, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.9-1 | Number of staff |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
December 15, 2021 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey, nothing cited
DIAL also holds 16 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.