State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Grand Living at Tower Place MC
540 S 51st Street, West Des Moines, IA 50265 · Polk County · 76 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 3245 · licence S0443 · certified through April 2, 2027 · first licensed April 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
- S0443
- Certified since
- April 1, 2021
- Current certificate
- From April 2, 2025, expires April 2, 2027
- Occupancy
- 76 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
8 citations — more than 74% 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.
- 481-69.29-2 In lieu of providing access to a personal emergency response system, a program serving one or more tenants…December 3, 2024
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 8 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2022 | initial certification survey | 0 |
| March 21, 2023 | complaint investigation | 5 |
| December 3, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation | 3 |
| February 6, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| June 26, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| June 26, 2025 | recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit | 0 |
| November 3, 2025 | incident investigation | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Medication 2
- Staffing and training 2
- Resident care 2
- Records and administration 1
- Other 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Medication | 2 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Resident care | 2 |
| Records and administration | 1 |
| Emergency management | 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.
November 3, 2025 — incident investigation, nothing cited
June 26, 2025 — recertification survey, revisit; complaint investigation, revisit; incident investigation, revisit, nothing cited
June 26, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
February 6, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
December 3, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation, 3 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 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… |
| 481-69.29-2 | In lieu of providing access to a personal emergency response system, a program serving one or more tenants… |
March 21, 2023 — complaint investigation, 5 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.26-4 | The service plan shall be individualized and shall indicate, at a minimum |
| 481-69.29-3 | The owner or management corporation of the program is responsible for ensuring that all personnel employed… |
| 481-69.34-1 | The program shall provide appropriate activities for each tenant |
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.