Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek

Is Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek a certified assisted living program in Clive, Iowa?

Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek appears on Iowa's list of certified programs as a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D), certificate S0164, with room for 136 units against a Des Moines-area midpoint of 58.

Certification in Iowa is tied to one program at one location for two years; the present term opened December 3, 2024. 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 December 3, 2002, about 24 years ago, which places it 14 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.

Is Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek a memory care program under Iowa rules?

Yes. DIAL certifies Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek 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.

The rules require enough trained staff to meet tenants' needs rather than a set ratio; ask to see two recent weeks of night-shift schedules.

The full rules are summarized on our dementia-specific program page.

Has Iowa fined Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek?

We found no state fine for Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek in DIAL's Assessed Fines Report covering visits that ended from January 2023 to November 2026.

Fines are reserved for serious or repeated problems, so read the latest monitoring report as well; the program must make it available to the public on request.

How recently has DIAL visited Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek?

The state's own scheduling report shows 23.7 months since Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek was last surveyed, so the visit fell near November 2024, with the next due by November 26, 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.

Which certified programs are closest to Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek in Clive?

The nearest other certified program is Meadowview of Clive in Clive, about 0.5 miles away as the crow flies, with 164 units and a general certificate.

How far is Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek from a hospital?

Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek is in Clive, Polk County, and UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Methodist West Hospital is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 3.4 miles away by straight line.

Broadlawns Medical Center is next, roughly 8.2 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 Walnut Ridge (0.9 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Deerfield Health Care Center (0.9 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5).

What does Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek's record suggest asking on a tour?

Use the public record as your checklist: ask when DIAL last visited and whether you can read the final report and the plan of correction.

• Take the occupancy agreement home and read its fee schedule, service list and transfer criteria before signing.
• 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.
• Before counting on Medicaid, ask whether Elderly Waiver services are delivered here and how room and board would be paid.