State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Holy Spirit Retirement Home
1701 W 25th St, Sioux City, IA 51103 · Woodbury County · 52 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1789 · licence S0038 · certified through March 7, 2028 · first licensed March 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
- S0038
- Certified since
- March 8, 1999
- Current certificate
- From March 8, 2026, expires March 7, 2028
- Occupancy
- 52 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
24 citations — more than 94% 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.
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programOctober 23, 2024
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 24 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2023 | recertification survey | 1 |
| October 23, 2024 | complaint investigation | 15 |
| January 15, 2025 | complaint investigation; complaint investigation, revisit | 5 |
| May 15, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| July 9, 2025 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 1 |
| April 21, 2026 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 2 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 11
- Records and administration 6
- Staffing and training 4
- Food service 1
- Other 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 11 |
| Records and administration | 6 |
| Staffing and training | 4 |
| Food service | 1 |
| Medication | 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.
April 21, 2026 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 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… |
July 9, 2025 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.25-2 | The program records relating to a tenant shall be retained for a minimum of three years after the transfer… |
May 15, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
January 15, 2025 — complaint investigation; complaint investigation, revisit, 5 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.21-2 | In addition to the requirements of Iowa Code section 231C.5, the written occupancy agreement shall… |
| 481-69.21-5 | A copy of the most current occupancy agreement shall be made available to the general public upon request |
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
October 23, 2024 — complaint investigation, 15 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.21-2 | In addition to the requirements of Iowa Code section 231C.5, the written occupancy agreement shall… |
| 481-69.21-3 | The occupancy agreement shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to reflect any change in services or… |
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.24-1 | The program shall immediately provide to the office of long-term care ombudsman, by certified mail, a copy… |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.25-2 | The program records relating to a tenant shall be retained for a minimum of three years after the transfer… |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.29-6 | All programs employing a new delegating nurse after January 1, 2010, shall require the delegating 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 |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
March 9, 2023 — recertification survey, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.28-5 | Personnel who are employed by or contract with the program and who are responsible for food preparation or… |
DIAL also holds 15 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.