Des Moines Senior AdvisorEdgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs, at 9225 Cascade Avenue in West Des Moines (Dallas County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0296, with a maximum occupancy of 32 units and a certificate current through September 2, 2027.
What does Iowa's certificate record show for Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs in West Des Moines?
Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs appears on Iowa's list of certified programs as a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D), certificate S0296, with room for 32 units against a Des Moines-area midpoint of 58.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0296 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | September 2, 2009 |
| Current two-year certificate | September 2, 2025 through September 2, 2027 |
| Maximum occupancy | 32 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Kim Townsend |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 0 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 17.8 (next due May 21, 2027) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (515) 978-2610 |
Iowa certifies assisted living programs for two years at a time (Iowa Code 231C.3), and this certificate period began September 2, 2025. Recertification costs a program $1,000 and an initial certificate $750, under Iowa Code 231C.18.
DIAL dates the first certification to September 2, 2009, about 17 years ago, which places it 28 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
What does the dementia-specific certificate at Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs require?
Yes. DIAL certifies Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs as a dementia-specific assisted living program, Iowa's official category for programs that serve tenants with moderate to severe dementia (Global Deterioration Scale stages 4 to 7) or hold themselves out as providing specialized dementia care.
Compared with a general program, an ALP/D has stricter rules: awake overnight staff on site, a written plan for residents who may wander, eight hours of dementia-specific training at hire and annual refreshers, and building features suited to people with cognitive impairment.
No fixed ratio applies, which makes the overnight headcount the number to ask for in writing.
The same street address also holds a general assisted living certificate: Edgewater Assisted Living - Brookside, so a spouse without dementia can often live in the same community.
The full rules are summarized on our dementia-specific program page.
Does Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs have state fines on record?
We found no state fine for Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs in DIAL's Assessed Fines Report covering visits that ended from January 2023 to November 2026.
A clean fines record means no penalty-level findings in that window. Ordinary regulatory insufficiencies are fixed through a written plan of correction that the fines report never shows.
How recently has DIAL visited Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs?
About 18 months had passed since DIAL's most recent visit to Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs (roughly May 2025) according to the state's Survey Due Report, and the report shows the next visit due by May 21, 2027.
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 Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs has no opening, where else should we look?
The nearest other certified program is Cedar Ridge Village in West Des Moines, about 1.2 miles away as the crow flies, with 68 units and a general certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge Village 8950 Coachlight Drive, 50266 | 1.2 | ALP | 68 | 0 |
| Morningstar at Jordan Creek 525 S. 60th Street, 50266 | 1.2 | ALP | 93 | 0 |
| Morningstar at Jordan Creek MC 525 S. 60th Street, 50266 | 1.2 | ALP/D | 58 | 3 |
| Bickford Cottage West Des Moines 5050 Hawthorne Dr, 50265 | 3.2 | ALP/D | 66 | 0 |
| Independence Village of Waukee AL 1654 SE Holiday Crest Circle, 50263 | 3.7 | ALP | 80 | 0 |
What health care is near Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs in West Des Moines?
Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs is in West Des Moines, Dallas County, and UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Methodist West Hospital is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 1.2 miles away by straight line.
Broadlawns Medical Center is next, roughly 11.0 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 Edgewater A Wesley Active Life Community LLC (0.2 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5) and Cedar Ridge Village (0.6 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5).
Also licensed at this street address: Edgewater A Wesley Active Life Community LLC (nursing facility, license 251118). On a shared campus a tenant can often change levels of care without leaving the community.
Which questions matter most at Edgewater ALP/D - Beacon Springs?
Use the public record as your checklist: ask to read the latest DIAL monitoring report, the fire safety report and the plan of correction; Iowa rules require the program to share them on request.
- Ask for the occupancy agreement and every attachment; Iowa requires it in plain language and 12-point type, with 30 days' notice before a fee change.
- Ask which conditions would trigger a transfer, beyond Iowa's list, since programs may add criteria if they disclose them in the agreement.
- Ask how many staff are awake inside the program overnight and how the written missing-tenant procedure works.
- Before counting on Medicaid, ask whether Elderly Waiver services are delivered here and how room and board would be paid.
