State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Birdee Cottage AL and MC
2221 Fairway Lane, Waterloo, IA 50701 · Black Hawk County · 33 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 3284 · licence S0455 · certified through November 17, 2027 · first licensed November 2021
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0455
- Certified since
- November 16, 2021
- Current certificate
- From November 17, 2025, expires November 17, 2027
- Occupancy
- 33 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
22 citations — more than 92% 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 programSeptember 28, 2022
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 22 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2022 | initial certification survey; complaint investigation | 21 |
| January 31, 2023 | initial certification survey, revisit | 0 |
| February 11, 2025 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 0 |
| September 16, 2025 | complaint investigation | 1 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 8
- Staffing and training 5
- Records and administration 4
- Medication 2
- Other 3
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 8 |
| Staffing and training | 5 |
| Records and administration | 4 |
| Medication | 2 |
| Food service | 2 |
| 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.
September 16, 2025 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
February 11, 2025 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, nothing cited
January 31, 2023 — initial certification survey, revisit, nothing cited
September 28, 2022 — initial certification survey; complaint investigation, 21 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 231C.5 | Written occupancy agreement required |
| 231C.5 | Written occupancy agreement required |
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 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… |
| 481-67.9-6 | Dependent adult abuse training |
| 481-69.21-3 | The occupancy agreement shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to reflect any change in services or… |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 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… |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.28-3 | Menus shall be planned to provide the following percentage of the daily recommended dietary allowances as… |
| 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 |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
| 481-69.38-1 | Within 30 days of a tenant's admission to an assisted living program that receives reimbursement through… |
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.