Des Moines Senior AdvisorLakeside Village, at 2067 Highway 4 in Panora (Guthrie County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0264, with a maximum occupancy of 128 units and a certificate current through November 8, 2027.
Is Lakeside Village a certified assisted living program in Panora, Iowa?
Yes. Lakeside Village holds a current DIAL certificate as a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D), sized at 128 units, larger than the 58-unit midpoint of the 39 dementia-specific programs we track in the six counties.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0264 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | November 8, 2007 |
| Current two-year certificate | November 8, 2025 through November 8, 2027 |
| Maximum occupancy | 128 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Todd Frank |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 1 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 24.5 (next due October 31, 2026) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (641) 755-3443 |
Iowa certifies assisted living programs for two years at a time (Iowa Code 231C.3), and this certificate period began November 8, 2025. Recertification costs a program $1,000 and an initial certificate $750, under Iowa Code 231C.18.
DIAL dates the first certification to November 8, 2007, about 19 years ago, which places it 25 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
Is Lakeside Village a memory care program under Iowa rules?
Yes. DIAL certifies Lakeside Village 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.
That certificate brings extra duties under 481 IAC chapter 69: staff awake and on duty around the clock on site, eight hours of dementia training for every employee within 30 days of hire, eight more hours a year for direct-care staff, and written procedures for a tenant who goes missing.
No fixed ratio applies, which makes the overnight headcount the number to ask for in writing.
The full rules are summarized on our dementia-specific program page.
Does Lakeside Village have state fines on record?
Yes. DIAL's Assessed Fines Report lists 1 state fine for Lakeside Village from visits ending between January 2023 to November 2026, totaling $1,950 after adjustments; the most recent followed a visit that ended September 8, 2025.
- September 8, 2025 (visit exit date), enforcement no. 10977: $3,000 issued; $1,950 after adjustment
A fine follows a regulatory insufficiency serious enough to put tenants at risk or one that went uncorrected. The fines report gives amounts, not reasons, so ask to read the final report and the plan of correction for each visit listed.
How recently has DIAL visited Lakeside Village?
DIAL's Survey Due Report counted 24.5 months since the last on-site survey or monitoring of Lakeside Village when we ran it on November 6, 2026, which puts that visit around October 2024; the next one is due by October 31, 2026.
Under 481 IAC 67.10 the cycle is at least one monitoring visit per 24 months; individual survey reports can also be looked up in DIAL's Health Facilities database.
What other assisted living is near Lakeside Village?
The nearest other certified program is The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, about 3.7 miles away as the crow flies, with 28 units and a general certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Homestead 2306 State St, 50115 | 3.7 | ALP | 28 | 0 |
| Perry Lutheran Homes Spring Valley Campus 501 12th Street, 50220 | 16.4 | ALP | 77 | 0 |
| StoryPoint Adel (assisted living) 621 302nd PL, 50003 | 17.9 | ALP | 88 | 0 |
| StoryPoint Adel (memory care) 621 302nd PL, 50003 | 17.9 | ALP/D | 26 | 0 |
| Spurgeon Assisted Living 1006 Linden Street, 50063 | 21.8 | ALP/D | 64 | 0 |
How far is Lakeside Village from a hospital?
Lakeside Village is in Panora, Guthrie County, and Guthrie County Hospital is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 10.4 miles away by straight line.
Dallas County Hospital is next, roughly 15.2 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 Panora Specialty Care (1.4 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5) and The New Homestead Care Center (6.6 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5).
What should we ask Lakeside Village before signing?
Use the public record as your checklist: ask what DIAL found on the visit that ended September 8, 2025 and what changed afterward.
- Request the most recent monitoring or complaint report and the program's response to it.
- 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 the program to show you, in writing, its own admission and retention criteria on top of the state's.
- Ask how many staff are awake inside the program overnight and how the written missing-tenant procedure works.
- Ask whether the program works with Iowa Medicaid's Elderly Waiver and which managed care organizations it contracts with.
