Des Moines Senior AdvisorVintage Hills Retirement Community MC, at 604 E. Hillcrest Avenue in Indianola (Warren County), is a dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) certified by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing under certificate S0314, with a maximum occupancy of 34 units and a certificate current through October 24, 2028.
Is Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC a certified assisted living program in Indianola, Iowa?
DIAL's Entity Report lists Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC under certificate S0314 with 34 units and an expiration date of October 24, 2028, smaller than the metro midpoint of 58 for ALP/D certificates.
| Field | From DIAL's records |
|---|---|
| DIAL certificate number | S0314 |
| Program type | Dementia-specific assisted living program (ALP/D) |
| First certified | not listed |
| Current two-year certificate | October 25, 2026 through October 24, 2028 |
| Maximum occupancy | 34 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 |
Iowa certifies assisted living programs for two years at a time (Iowa Code 231C.3), and this certificate period began October 25, 2026. Recertification costs a program $1,000 and an initial certificate $750, under Iowa Code 231C.18.
How does Iowa regulate dementia care at Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC?
Yes. DIAL certifies Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC 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.
No fixed ratio applies, which makes the overnight headcount the number to ask for in writing.
The same street address also holds a general assisted living certificate: Vintage Hills Retirement Community AL, so a spouse without dementia can often live in the same community.
The full rules are summarized on our dementia-specific program page.
Has Iowa fined Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC?
We found no state fine for Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC in DIAL's Assessed Fines Report covering visits that ended from 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.
How recently has DIAL visited Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC?
About 27 months had passed since DIAL's most recent visit to Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC (roughly August 2024) according to the state's Survey Due Report, and the report shows the next visit due by August 29, 2026.
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 Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC has no opening, where else should we look?
The nearest other certified program is Windsor Manor Indianola in Indianola, about 2.0 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 | 2.0 | ALP/D | 74 | 0 |
| Accura Healthcare of Carlisle 685 Cole Street, 50047 | 7.9 | ALP | 24 | 0 |
| Holland Farms Senior Living 2800 Sunset Drive, 50211 | 9.4 | ALP | 116 | 1 |
| Homesteaders at Holland Farms 2800 Sunset Drive, 50211 | 9.4 | ALP/D | 80 | 1 |
| StoryPoint Norwalk 2901 Cedar Street, 50211 | 9.4 | ALP/D | 80 | 0 |
What health care is near Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC in Indianola?
Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC is in Indianola, Warren County, and UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DIAL's roster, about 14.5 miles away by straight line.
UnityPoint Health Des Moines Iowa Lutheran is next, roughly 16.0 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 The Village (1.0 mi; CMS rating 5 of 5) and Good Samaritan - Indianola (1.8 mi; CMS rating 1 of 5).
What should we ask Vintage Hills Retirement Community MC before signing?
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.
- Ask which services cost extra as needs rise, and confirm the agreement promises 30 days' written notice of any change.
- 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.
