State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Grand Living at Tower Place
540 S 51st Street, West Des Moines, IA 50265 · Polk County · 204 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 3244 · licence S0442 · certified through April 2, 2027 · first licensed April 2021
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0442
- Certified since
- April 1, 2021
- Current certificate
- From April 2, 2025, expires April 2, 2027
- Occupancy
- 204 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
7 citations — more than 71% 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 | 7 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2022 | initial certification survey | 0 |
| June 22, 2022 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| August 2, 2022 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| December 3, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 2 |
| February 6, 2025 | complaint investigation | 4 |
| June 26, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| November 3, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 5
- Records and administration 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 5 |
| Records and administration | 2 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
November 3, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
June 26, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
February 6, 2025 — complaint investigation, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 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 |
December 3, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 2 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
August 2, 2022 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
June 22, 2022 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.21-1 | Occupancy Agreement |
April 27, 2022 — initial certification survey, nothing cited
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.