Assisted Living
Amelia Place
57 West Ferndale Drive, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · Map
Licensed for 54 residents
Amelia Place is a state-licensed assisted living community in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is licensed for 54 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last recertification or initial survey: Aug 18, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 54 residents
Assisted Living Program S0344.
State inspection record6 state violations in 3 years
- Last recertification or initial survey
- August 18, 2026
- Visits in three years
- 6
- Complaint visits in three years
- 4
- State violations (all visits)
- 6
- State fines in three years
- 1 ($1,300 after adjustment)
- Certification expires
- December 23, 2026
- No violations cited at the last 2 visits (February 2026 to August 2026)
- Certified since 2014
Visits (newest first)
- August 18, 2026: Recertification, Complaint, Incident, no state violations listed
- February 17, 2026: Incident, no state violations listed · report
- October 7, 2025: Complaint, Incident, 1 state violation · report
- All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight hours of dementia-specific education and training within 30 days of either employment or the beginning date of the contract, as applicable. 481 IAC 69.30(1)
- April 30, 2025: Recertification Revisit, Complaint Revisit (revisit), no state violations listed
- June 5, 2024: Recertification, Complaint, 5 state violations; Fining & Citation · report · citation
- Program notification to the department when a tenant elopes from a program. 481 IAC 67.4(4)
- Service plan. A service plan shall be developed for each tenant based on the evaluations conducted in accordance with subrules 69.22(1) and 69.22(2) and shall be designed to meet the specific service needs of the individual tenant. The service plan shall subsequently be updated at least annually and whenever changes are needed. 481 IAC 69.26(1)
- Service Plans. The service plan shall be reviewed, updated if necessary, and signed and dated by all parties at least annually. 481 IAC 69.26(3)e
- If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse: to monitor, at least every 90 days, or after a significant change in the tenant's condition, any tenant who receives program-administered prescription medications for adverse reactions to the medications and to make appropriate interventions or referrals, and to ensure that the prescription medication orders are current and that the prescription medications are administered consistent with such orders; and 481 IAC 69.27(1)a
- An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program. 481 IAC 69.32(2)
- October 18, 2023: Complaint, Incident, no state violations listed · report
State fines
- Visit June 5, 2024: fine issued July 2, 2024, $2,000, adjusted to $1,300; paid $1,300, owed $0 (enforcement no. 10449)
DIAL Health Facility Database record → (Amelia Senior Living)
What these terms mean
DIAL's Health Facility Database lists each visit to the program, the number of state violations found, and any certification or licensure action and fine that followed. The scanned report for each visit is linked; it holds the inspectors' findings in full.
Recertification: DIAL's routine survey of the program for its certification. Complaint: a visit to look into a complaint. Incident: a visit to look into an incident the program reported. Initial: the survey of a new program. A revisit is a follow-up visit after an earlier one. A visit can be more than one type.
Iowa Code 231C.14 lets DIAL fine an assisted living program for “noncompliance with any regulatory requirements which presents an imminent danger or a substantial probability of resultant death or physical harm to a tenant,” for continued failure to comply after notice, or for interfering with an inspector. A fine is reduced by 35 percent when the program does not contest it and pays within 30 days; the Assessed Fines Report shows this as “State Adjusted”. “State Susp” is the part suspended.
A complaint visit with no violations listed does not say whether the complaint was substantiated; the linked report does. This program is certified for 54 residents or units; larger programs are visited and cited more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Health Facilities Division, data as of October 16, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the program about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Program
- License number
- S0344
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 54
- County
- Pottawattamie County
- Administrator
- Deb Snipes
Source: Iowa state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Iowa licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Iowa, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Iowa
- Elderly (E) Waiver, Assisted Living Service. Iowa Medicaid's Elderly Waiver, for people 65 and older, lists "Assisted Living Service" among its services. Waiver slots can have waiting lists. (state page)
- Waitlist. Iowa HHS says there is currently no waitlist for the Elderly Waiver, and that this could change. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for May 5, 2013 to May 4, 2015. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $2,926 owed to 3 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Amelia Place (Assisted Living Concepts, LLC). Case 1746069.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in October 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked7 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Health Facilities Division inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Amelia Place provide?
Amelia Place is licensed by the state of Iowa for assisted living in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Its licensed capacity is 54 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Amelia Place?
No. We publish state licensing details for Amelia Place but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Amelia Place cost?
Assisted Living in Iowa typically starts at $1,450 to $4,650 a month. Based on 33 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Amelia Place does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Amelia Place?
Visit Amelia Place at 57 West Ferndale Drive, Council Bluffs, IA 51503.
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