Des Moines Senior AdvisorWhat is in the Des Moines-area senior care directory?
Every certified assisted living program, residential care facility, nursing facility, home health agency, hospice and adult day program on DIAL's roster for Polk, Dallas, Warren, Jasper, Madison and Guthrie counties, 179 in all, with CMS Care Compare ratings for the 52 certified nursing facilities.
| County | Assisted living | Dementia-specific | Residential care | Nursing facilities | Home health | Hospice | Adult day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 52 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| Dallas County | 13 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren County | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Madison County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guthrie County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Where does the directory's data come from?
Only official bulk data: DIAL's public Entity Report (run November 6, 2026), DIAL's Survey Due Report for the timing of state visits, DIAL's Assessed Fines Report for state fines since January 2023, and CMS's Provider Information dataset for nursing home ratings, inspections, staffing and federal fines; no aggregator listings, operator marketing or reviews.
Every listing page carries a source line with the data date. Every assisted living program and every CMS-certified nursing facility has its own page; agencies, adult day programs and residential care facilities appear as roster rows.
How do the listing pages work?
Each listing has a search box and filters for county, city and type (plus CMS rating for nursing homes), and every column sorts with a click on its heading, so you can, for example, list every assisted living program in Ankeny by size or by last survey.
How current is the last-survey column?
It is an approximation: DIAL's Survey Due Report gives the number of months since each program's last on-site survey, and we convert that to a month and year as of the date we ran the report.
The exact visit date, the findings and the plan of correction are in DIAL's Health Facilities database and in the report every program must show the public on request. For nursing homes, CMS publishes exact inspection dates, shown on each row.
Side by side
| This directory is | This directory is not | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Every certificate and license of these types in the six counties | A list of paying partners |
| Ratings | CMS ratings for certified nursing homes, labelled as CMS's | Scores of our own |
| Freshness | Rebuilt from DIAL reports run November 6, 2026 and CMS data of October 1, 2026 | Edited by facilities |
| Detail pages | Built from state and CMS records | Built from brochures |
