Des Moines Senior AdvisorVintage Hills Retirement Community AL, at 604 E. Hillcrest Avenue in Indianola (Warren County), is a certified assisted living program (ALP) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0390, with a maximum occupancy of 90 units and a certificate current through September 26, 2028.
How large is Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL, and is its Iowa certificate current?
Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL appears on Iowa's list of certified programs as a certified assisted living program (ALP), certificate S0390, with room for 90 units against a Des Moines-area midpoint of 88.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0390 |
| Program type | Assisted living program (ALP) |
| First certified | September 27, 2018 |
| Current two-year certificate | September 27, 2026 through September 26, 2028 |
| Maximum occupancy | 90 units |
| Voluntary national accreditation | No; DIAL monitors it directly |
| Administrator on the DIAL record | Jeremy Prior |
| State fines with exit dates since January 2023 | 0 |
| Months since DIAL's last survey or monitoring | 26.6 (next due August 29, 2026) |
| Phone on the DIAL record | (515) 961-1924 |
Certification in Iowa is tied to one program at one location for two years; the present term opened September 27, 2026. 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 27, 2018, about 8 years ago, which places it 45 of 77 by age among the metro's certificates.
Can Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL care for someone with dementia?
Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL holds a general ALP certificate, and its building also carries a separate dementia-specific certificate, so a tenant whose dementia advances can usually move within the same community.
Iowa's rules do not bar a general program from serving people with dementia; a program becomes dementia-specific by definition once enough tenants are at GDS stages 4 to 7 during two sequential monitorings, and then must meet the ALP/D rules. The closest dementia-specific programs are Windsor Manor Indianola (2.7 mi), Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC (3.5 mi), Homesteaders at Holland Farms (10.4 mi).
Does Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL have state fines on record?
None is listed: the statewide fines report for January 2023 to November 2026 does not name Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL.
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.
Is Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL due for a state monitoring visit?
DIAL's Survey Due Report counted 26.6 months since the last on-site survey or monitoring of Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL when we ran it on November 6, 2026, which puts that visit around August 2024; the next one is due by August 29, 2026.
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.
What other assisted living is near Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL?
The nearest other certified program is Windsor Manor Indianola in Indianola, about 2.7 miles away as the crow flies, with 74 units and a dementia-specific certificate.
| Facility | Miles away | Type | Units or beds | State fines since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Manor Indianola 608 South 15th Street, 50125 | 2.7 | ALP/D | 74 | 0 |
| Holland Farms Senior Living 2800 Sunset Drive, 50211 | 10.4 | ALP | 116 | 1 |
| Homesteaders at Holland Farms 2800 Sunset Drive, 50211 | 10.4 | ALP/D | 80 | 1 |
| StoryPoint Norwalk 2901 Cedar Street, 50211 | 10.4 | ALP/D | 80 | 0 |
| Regency Assisted Living 815 High Road, 50211 | 11.3 | ALP | 60 | 1 |
How far is Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL from a hospital?
Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL is in Indianola, Warren County, and UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 17.3 miles away by straight line.
Broadlawns Medical Center is next, roughly 18.8 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 Westview of Indianola Care Center (1.5 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Good Samaritan - Indianola (1.9 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).
Which questions matter most at Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL?
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.
- 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 how the program handles a tenant who needs two-person transfers or more than 28 hours a week of nursing, the point where Iowa rules usually require a move.
- Ask whether Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL accepts Elderly Waiver members if savings run out, and what part of the monthly bill the waiver would not cover.
