State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Bickford Cottage Marshalltown
101 Newcastle Rd, Marshalltown, IA 50158 · Marshall County · 44 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1739 · licence S0012 · certified through May 4, 2028 · first licensed May 1998
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0012
- Certified since
- May 8, 1998
- Current certificate
- From May 5, 2026, expires May 4, 2028
- Occupancy
- 44 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
6 citations — more than 65% 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.
- 481-69.35-1 Structural requirementsOctober 4, 2023
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 6 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| October 25, 2021 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation; focused infection control survey | 3 |
| May 12, 2022 | recertification survey, revisit | 0 |
| October 4, 2023 | recertification survey; incident investigation | 2 |
| July 31, 2024 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| October 7, 2025 | recertification survey; incident investigation | 1 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 3
- Staffing and training 1
- Physical plant 1
- Records and administration 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 3 |
| Staffing and training | 1 |
| Physical plant | 1 |
| 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.
October 7, 2025 — recertification survey; incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
July 31, 2024 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
October 4, 2023 — recertification survey; incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.35-1 | Structural requirements |
May 12, 2022 — recertification survey, revisit, nothing cited
October 25, 2021 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation; focused infection control survey, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
DIAL also holds 30 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.