Des Moines Senior AdvisorStoryPoint Siena Hills, at 455 SW Ankeny Road in Ankeny (Polk County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0368, with a maximum occupancy of 132 units and a certificate current through September 19, 2027.
Is StoryPoint Siena Hills a certified assisted living program in Ankeny, Iowa?
Yes. StoryPoint Siena Hills holds a current DIAL certificate as a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D), sized at 132 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 | S0368 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | September 19, 2017 |
| Current two-year certificate | September 19, 2025 through September 19, 2027 |
| Maximum occupancy | 132 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Tiffany Michaud |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 0 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 3.8 (next due July 14, 2028) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (515) 238-9005 |
Certification in Iowa is tied to one program at one location for two years; the present term opened September 19, 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 September 19, 2017, about 9 years ago, which places it 40 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
Is StoryPoint Siena Hills a memory care program under Iowa rules?
Yes. DIAL certifies StoryPoint Siena Hills 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.
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.
Has Iowa fined StoryPoint Siena Hills?
None is listed: the statewide fines report for January 2023 to November 2026 does not name StoryPoint Siena Hills.
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.
Is StoryPoint Siena Hills due for a state monitoring visit?
DIAL's Survey Due Report counted 3.8 months since the last on-site survey or monitoring of StoryPoint Siena Hills when we ran it on November 6, 2026, which puts that visit around July 2026; the next one is due by July 14, 2028.
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 StoryPoint Siena Hills has no opening, where else should we look?
The nearest other certified program is Mill Pond AL in Ankeny, on the same block, with 80 units and a general certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond AL 1201 SE Mill Pond Court, 50021 | 0.0 | ALP | 80 | 0 |
| Mill Pond ALP/D 1201 SE Mill Pond Ct, 50021 | 0.7 | ALP/D | 36 | 0 |
| Suites of Ankeny 420 NW Ash Drive, 50021 | 2.4 | ALP | 68 | 0 |
| Independence Village of Ankeny MC 1275 SW State Street, 50023 | 2.8 | ALP/D | 20 | 0 |
| Independence Village of Ankeny AL 1275 SW State Street, 50023 | 3.4 | ALP | 88 | 2 |
Where is StoryPoint Siena Hills, and how close are the hospitals?
StoryPoint Siena Hills is in Ankeny, Polk County, and UnityPoint Health Des Moines Iowa Lutheran is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 8.2 miles away by straight line.
Broadlawns Medical Center is next, roughly 8.9 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 Mill Pond (0.8 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and On With Life (2.8 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5).
What should we ask StoryPoint Siena Hills before signing?
Use the public record as your checklist: request the most recent monitoring or complaint report and the program's response to it.
- 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.
- Ask whether StoryPoint Siena Hills accepts Elderly Waiver members if savings run out, and what part of the monthly bill the waiver would not cover.
