Calvin Community AL

Is Calvin Community AL a certified assisted living program in Des Moines, Iowa?

DIAL's Entity Report lists Calvin Community AL under certificate S0412 with 162 units and an expiration date of August 24, 2027, larger than the metro midpoint of 88 for ALP certificates.

Certification in Iowa is tied to one program at one location for two years; the present term opened August 24, 2025. A new owner must notify DIAL before the certificate can transfer, and DIAL may visit within 90 days of a change of ownership.

DIAL dates the first certification to August 24, 2019, about 7 years ago, which places it 50 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.

What happens at Calvin Community AL if a tenant's memory declines?

Calvin Community AL holds a general ALP certificate, and its building also carries a separate dementia-specific certificate, so a tenant whose dementia advances can usually move within the same community.

Iowa's rules do not bar a general program from serving people with dementia; a program becomes dementia-specific by definition once enough tenants are at GDS stages 4 to 7 during two sequential monitorings, and then must meet the ALP/D rules. The closest dementia-specific programs are StoryPoint Beaverdale (0.0 mi), Calvin Community Memory Care (0.9 mi), Claremont's Ramsey Village (1.6 mi).

What enforcement history does DIAL show for Calvin Community AL?

None is listed: the statewide fines report for January 2023 to November 2026 does not name Calvin Community AL.

That is a good sign but not the whole picture. Most problems DIAL identifies end in a plan of correction rather than a fine, and those appear only in the monitoring report itself.

Is Calvin Community AL due for a state monitoring visit?

DIAL's Survey Due Report counted 26.0 months since the last on-site survey or monitoring of Calvin Community AL when we ran it on November 6, 2026, which puts that visit around September 2024; the next one is due by September 17, 2026.

DIAL must visit each program at least once every 24 months, and complaint investigations can bring it back sooner. The latest monitoring report, fire safety report and food inspection must be shown to the public on request.

If Calvin Community AL has no opening, where else should we look?

The nearest other certified program is StoryPoint Beaverdale in Des Moines, on the same block, with 160 units and a dementia-specific certificate.

Where is Calvin Community AL, and how close are the hospitals?

Calvin Community AL is in the Beaverdale, Highland Park & the North Side part of Des Moines, and Broadlawns Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 2.7 miles away by straight line.

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center is next, roughly 2.7 miles away. Distances are straight-line measurements between mapped points, not driving times.

If nursing care becomes necessary, the two nearest CMS-certified nursing facilities are Calvin Community (0.9 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5) and Ramsey Village (1.6 mi; CMS rating 2 of 5).

Also licensed at this street address: Calvin Community (nursing facility, license 770368). On a shared campus a tenant can often change levels of care without leaving the community.

Which questions matter most at Calvin Community AL?

Let DIAL's data shape the visit: ask when DIAL last visited and whether you can read the final report and the plan of correction.

• Ask which services cost extra as needs rise, and confirm the agreement promises 30 days' written notice of any change.
• Ask how the program handles a tenant who needs two-person transfers or more than 28 hours a week of nursing, the point where Iowa rules usually require a move.
• Ask whether Calvin Community AL accepts Elderly Waiver members if savings run out, and what part of the monthly bill the waiver would not cover.