Every certified assisted living program in the Des Moines metro

How many assisted living programs are certified around Des Moines?

DIAL's Entity Report lists 79 certified assisted living programs in Polk, Dallas, Warren, Jasper, Madison and Guthrie counties with 6,278 units of maximum occupancy (from 10 to 204 each), 39 of them dementia-specific, plus 10 licensed residential care facilities.

Where do the columns come from?

Certificate number, type, maximum occupancy and the certificate's expiration come from DIAL's public Entity Report; the approximate date of the last state survey comes from DIAL's Survey Due Report; and the fines count comes from DIAL's Assessed Fines Report for visits ending since January 2023.

20 of the 79 programs appear in the fines report in that window. Each assisted living program has its own page with its record, nearby alternatives and questions to ask. Residential care facilities appear as roster rows; several of them serve adults with mental illness or disabilities rather than older adults, and are labelled.

Is an Iowa assisted living program the same thing as assisted living?

Yes. Iowa Code chapter 231C makes it illegal to call a program assisted living without DIAL certification, so every building marketing assisted living in the metro should appear on this list.

See how Iowa certification works. DIAL also licenses 10 residential care facilities in the six counties, 7 of which serve older adults; the rest serve adults with mental illness or disabilities.