Des Moines Senior AdvisorStoryPoint Beaverdale, at 3410 Beaverdale Avenue in Des Moines (Polk County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0369, with a maximum occupancy of 160 units and a certificate current through October 27, 2027.
How large is StoryPoint Beaverdale, and is its Iowa certificate current?
DIAL's Entity Report lists StoryPoint Beaverdale under certificate S0369 with 160 units and an expiration date of October 27, 2027, larger than the metro midpoint of 58 for ALP/D certificates.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0369 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | October 27, 2017 |
| Current two-year certificate | October 27, 2025 through October 27, 2027 |
| Maximum occupancy | 160 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Jody Stubbs |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 0 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 25.0 (next due October 17, 2026) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (515) 777-5105 |
The certificate shown runs to October 27, 2027. Iowa issues ALP certificates for two-year terms and expects the operator to apply for recertification, with its fee, at least 30 days before the old one lapses.
DIAL dates the first certification to October 27, 2017, about 9 years ago, which places it 41 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
What does the dementia-specific certificate at StoryPoint Beaverdale require?
Yes. DIAL certifies StoryPoint Beaverdale 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.
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.
Has Iowa fined StoryPoint Beaverdale?
No. DIAL's Assessed Fines Report shows no state fine for StoryPoint Beaverdale from any visit that ended between January 2023 to November 2026.
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.
When did Iowa last inspect StoryPoint Beaverdale?
The state's own scheduling report shows 25.0 months since StoryPoint Beaverdale was last surveyed, so the visit fell near October 2024, with the next due by October 17, 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 StoryPoint Beaverdale?
The nearest other certified program is Calvin Community AL in Des Moines, on the same block, with 162 units and a general certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Community AL 4210 Hickman Road, 50310 | 0.0 | ALP | 162 | 0 |
| Calvin Community Memory Care 4210 Hickman Rd, 50310 | 0.9 | ALP/D | 21 | 0 |
| Claremont's Ramsey Village 1611 27th St, 50310 | 1.6 | ALP/D | 10 | 0 |
| Bickford Cottage Urbandale 5915 Sutton Place, 50322 | 2.1 | ALP/D | 73 | 1 |
| Rose of Des Moines 1330 19th Street, 50314 | 2.3 | ALP | 104 | 0 |
What health care is near StoryPoint Beaverdale in Des Moines?
StoryPoint Beaverdale 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).
Which questions matter most at StoryPoint Beaverdale?
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 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 StoryPoint Beaverdale accepts Elderly Waiver members if savings run out, and what part of the monthly bill the waiver would not cover.
