State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Bickford Cottage Marion
1100 Linden Dr, Marion, IA 52302 · Linn County · 46 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1742 · licence S0029 · certified through February 1, 2028 · first licensed February 1999
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0029
- Certified since
- February 1, 1999
- Current certificate
- From February 1, 2026, expires February 1, 2028
- Occupancy
- 46 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 citations about the building itself — physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.
- 481-69.35-1 Structural requirementsJune 4, 2024
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programOctober 13, 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 13, 2022 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 6 |
| June 4, 2024 | complaint investigation | 7 |
| January 7, 2025 | recertification survey | 6 |
| May 6, 2025 | recertification survey, revisit | 0 |
| May 20, 2026 | complaint investigation | 7 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 13
- Records and administration 5
- Food service 2
- Staffing and training 2
- Other 4
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 13 |
| Records and administration | 5 |
| Food service | 2 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Medication | 2 |
| Physical plant | 1 |
| 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.
May 20, 2026 — complaint investigation, 7 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.2-1 | Program policies and procedures |
| 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 |
| 481-69.25-1 | 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… |
May 6, 2025 — recertification survey, revisit, nothing cited
January 7, 2025 — recertification survey, 6 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.28-4 | Therapeutic diets may be provided by a program |
| 481-69.28-8 | Food Service |
June 4, 2024 — complaint investigation, 7 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 |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.23-1 | A program shall not knowingly admit or retain a tenant who |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.35-1 | Structural requirements |
October 13, 2022 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 6 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 |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 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 |
DIAL also holds 65 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.