State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Prairie Hills at Independence
505 Enterprise Drive SW, Independence, IA 50644 · Buchanan County · 104 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2532 · licence S0229 · certified through February 15, 2028 · first licensed February 2006
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0229
- Certified since
- February 15, 2006
- Current certificate
- From February 15, 2026, expires February 15, 2028
- Occupancy
- 104 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
9 citations — more than 76% 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 | 9 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2022 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| March 8, 2023 | other visit | 0 |
| March 8, 2023 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation | 4 |
| May 23, 2024 | complaint investigation; recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit | 2 |
| July 8, 2025 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 1 |
| December 18, 2025 | complaint investigation | 1 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 6
- Staffing and training 2
- Records and administration 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 6 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Records and administration | 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.
December 18, 2025 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
July 8, 2025 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
May 23, 2024 — complaint investigation; recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
March 8, 2023 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
| 481-69.30-3 | Dementia-specific continuing education |
March 8, 2023 — other visit, nothing cited
March 24, 2022 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
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.