Des Moines Senior AdvisorSpurgeon Assisted Living, at 1006 Linden Street in Dallas Center (Dallas County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0422, with a maximum occupancy of 64 units and a certificate current through December 6, 2027.
What does Iowa's certificate record show for Spurgeon Assisted Living in Dallas Center?
Spurgeon Assisted Living appears on Iowa's list of certified programs as a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D), certificate S0422, with room for 64 units against a Des Moines-area midpoint of 58.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0422 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | December 6, 2019 |
| Current two-year certificate | December 6, 2025 through December 6, 2027 |
| Maximum occupancy | 64 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Alicia Torsky |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 0 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 3.6 (next due July 21, 2028) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (515) 992-5005 |
Certification in Iowa is tied to one program at one location for two years; the present term opened December 6, 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 December 6, 2019, about 7 years ago, which places it 55 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
What does the dementia-specific certificate at Spurgeon Assisted Living require?
Yes. DIAL certifies Spurgeon Assisted Living 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.
Dementia-specific programs must keep someone awake and on duty 24 hours a day in the proximate area, train all personnel for at least eight hours in dementia care within their first 30 days, and repeat eight hours of training every year for anyone with direct tenant contact.
Iowa sets no numeric staff-to-tenant ratio even here, so ask how many workers are inside the program after 10 p.m. and whether they also cover other parts of the building.
The full rules are summarized on our dementia-specific program page.
Does Spurgeon Assisted Living have state fines on record?
No. DIAL's Assessed Fines Report shows no state fine for Spurgeon Assisted Living from any visit that ended between 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.
Is Spurgeon Assisted Living due for a state monitoring visit?
About 4 months had passed since DIAL's most recent visit to Spurgeon Assisted Living (roughly July 2026) according to the state's Survey Due Report, and the report shows the next visit due by July 21, 2028.
Iowa rules require DIAL to monitor every certified program at least once in each 24-month period (481 IAC 67.10), plus complaint and incident investigations in between. Ask the program for the final report from that visit.
Which certified programs are closest to Spurgeon Assisted Living in Dallas Center?
The nearest other certified program is Kennybrook Village in Grimes, about 6.9 miles away as the crow flies, with 68 units and a general certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennybrook Village 200 SW Brookside Drive, 50111 | 6.9 | ALP | 68 | 0 |
| Independence Village of Waukee MC 1645 SE Holiday Crest Circle, 50263 | 7.1 | ALP/D | 36 | 0 |
| StoryPoint Kettlestone (assisted living) 805 SE Tallgrass Lane, 50263 | 7.1 | ALP | 120 | 0 |
| StoryPoint Kettlestone (memory care) 805 SE Tallgrass Lane, 50263 | 7.1 | ALP/D | 40 | 1 |
| Maggie's Place at Kennybrook Village 230 SW Brookside Drive, 50111 | 7.1 | ALP/D | 16 | 0 |
Where is Spurgeon Assisted Living, and how close are the hospitals?
Spurgeon Assisted Living is in Dallas Center, Dallas County, and UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Methodist West Hospital is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 11.4 miles away by straight line.
Dallas County Hospital is next, roughly 13.5 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 Spurgeon Manor (1.4 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Kennybrook Village (6.9 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5).
Which questions matter most at Spurgeon Assisted Living?
Let DIAL's data shape the visit: 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.
- Take the occupancy agreement home and read its fee schedule, service list and transfer criteria before signing.
- 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.
- Ask whether the program works with Iowa Medicaid's Elderly Waiver and which managed care organizations it contracts with.
