State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Whispering Willow AL
601 Dawn Avenue, Fredericksburg, IA 50630 · Chickasaw County · 52 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2714 · licence S0284 · certified through September 8, 2028 · first licensed September 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
- S0284
- Certified since
- September 9, 2008
- Current certificate
- From September 9, 2026, expires September 8, 2028
- Occupancy
- 52 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
5 citations — more than 60% 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 | 5 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2022 | recertification survey | 4 |
| July 9, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation | 1 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 3
- Records and administration 1
- Staffing and training 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 3 |
| Records and administration | 1 |
| Staffing and training | 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.
July 9, 2024 — recertification survey; 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 |
June 23, 2022 — recertification survey, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 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 33 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.