State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
River Valley Place of Fort Madison
5025 River Valley Road, Fort Madison, IA 52627 · Lee County · 70 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2708 · licence S0280 · certified through August 7, 2028 · first licensed August 2008
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0280
- Certified since
- August 8, 2008
- Current certificate
- From August 8, 2026, expires August 7, 2028
- Occupancy
- 70 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
26 citations — more than 95% 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 programJanuary 24, 2023
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 26 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2022 | recertification survey | 1 |
| January 24, 2023 | complaint investigation | 3 |
| September 6, 2023 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 1 |
| May 23, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 7 |
| May 23, 2024 | incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| September 23, 2024 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| April 10, 2025 | incident investigation | 0 |
| August 11, 2025 | complaint investigation | 3 |
| August 11, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| January 20, 2026 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 11 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 14
- Records and administration 5
- Medication 4
- Staffing and training 2
- Other 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 14 |
| Records and administration | 5 |
| Medication | 4 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Life safety | 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.
January 20, 2026 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 11 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.9-1 | Number of staff |
| 481-69.23-1 | A program shall not knowingly admit or retain a tenant who |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-3 | 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 |
August 11, 2025 — complaint investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 481-69.23-1 | A program shall not knowingly admit or retain a tenant who |
August 11, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
April 10, 2025 — incident investigation, nothing cited
September 23, 2024 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
May 23, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 7 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
May 23, 2024 — incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
September 6, 2023 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
January 24, 2023 — complaint investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 235E.2-3 | Dependent adult abuse reports in facilities and programs |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
April 11, 2022 — recertification survey, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
DIAL also holds 10 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.