State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Promise House
1320 Litchfield Dr, Hiawatha, IA 52233 · Linn County · 20 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1831 · licence S0090 · certified through July 18, 2028 · first licensed July 2000
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0090
- Certified since
- July 19, 2000
- Current certificate
- From July 19, 2026, expires July 18, 2028
- Occupancy
- 20 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
16 citations — more than 88% 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 | 16 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2021 | complaint investigation, revisit | 0 |
| September 23, 2021 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey | 10 |
| August 17, 2023 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 2 |
| December 4, 2025 | recertification survey | 2 |
| July 8, 2026 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 2 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 9
- Staffing and training 3
- Records and administration 2
- Food service 1
- Other 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 9 |
| Staffing and training | 3 |
| Records and administration | 2 |
| Food service | 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.
July 8, 2026 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-2 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
December 4, 2025 — recertification survey, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
August 17, 2023 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
September 23, 2021 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; focused infection control survey, 10 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
| 481-69.28-5 | Personnel who are employed by or contract with the program and who are responsible for food preparation or… |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
| 481-69.30-5 | Dementia-specific training shall include hands-on training and may include any of the following |
September 23, 2021 — complaint investigation, revisit, nothing cited
DIAL also holds 23 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.