Independent Living and Assisted Living
Rose of East Des Moines
1331 Idaho Street, Des Moines, IA 50316 · Map
Licensed for 128 residents
Rose of East Des Moines is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Des Moines, Iowa. It is licensed for 128 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $930 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Rose of East Des Moines says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
..., which include an initial health assessment and regular monitoring, emergency response and security readiness, service access facilitation to connect you with transportation and service resources, health and wellness education, as well as a variety of social activities such as in-house movies, raised-bed gardening, sh...
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: two-bedroom.
rental rates, these beautifully appointed senior residences offer the best of two worlds: independent living in your own private one-or-two-bedroom apartment, combined with 24-hour monitoring and assisted living services available as needed on-site from your trusted healthcare professionals, Open Arms Home Health Care...
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency OPEN ARMS HOME HEALTH CARE - DES MOINES, LLC (Medicare CCN 167435) lists this same street address. Ownership type: PROPRIETARY. Medicare certified since 10/19/2017. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
Lilisity’s independent report
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: Nov 24, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 128 residents
Assisted Living Program S0282.
Nearest emergency room
1.4 miles
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center, rated 1 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose of East Des Moines this community | 128 | $930/mo | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years | |
| Arbor Heights at University | 1.1 mi | 25 | Not published | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years |
| Gardens at Luther Park | 1.3 mi | 100 | Not published | Active | 1 state violation in 3 years |
| Village Assisted Living | 1.7 mi | 108 | Not published | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years |
| Rose of Des Moines | 2.3 mi | 104 | $1,245/mo | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years |
State inspection record0 state violations in 3 years
- Last recertification or initial survey
- November 24, 2025
- Visits in three years
- 4
- Complaint visits in three years
- 3
- State violations (all visits)
- 0
- State fines in three years
- None
- Certification expires
- September 18, 2028
- No violations cited at the last 10 visits (April 2019 to June 2026)
- Certified since 2008
Visits (newest first)
- June 9, 2026: Complaint, no state violations listed · report
- November 24, 2025: Recertification, no state violations listed · report
- April 21, 2025: Complaint, no state violations listed · report
- January 22, 2024: Complaint, no state violations listed · report
DIAL Health Facility Database record → (Rose of East Des Moines)
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 128 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
- S0282
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 128
- County
- Polk County
- Administrator
- Mary Alice Mullin
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.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.4 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 0.2 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center, Des Moines. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines, Des Moines. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Open Arms Home Health Care - Des Moines, LLC, Des Moines. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50316 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita East Des Moines Dialysis, Des Moines, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Mercy, Des Moines, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Central Des Moines Dialysis, Des Moines, 2.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50316.
Mercyone Des Moines Hospice, office in Des Moines, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Everystep, office in Des Moines, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
St Croix Hospice, office in Ankeny, 7.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Ch Specialty Services Ia PC, Osceola. 40.3 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk very low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
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.
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- 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 checked12 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| 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 | See above |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Rose of East Des Moines provide?
Rose of East Des Moines is licensed by the state of Iowa for independent living, assisted living in Des Moines, Iowa. Its licensed capacity is 128 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Rose of East Des Moines?
No. We publish state licensing details for Rose of East Des Moines 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 is rent at Rose of East Des Moines?
Rent at income-restricted senior apartments is set by income, usually about 30% of household income for HUD and USDA rental assistance units, or a fixed below-market rent for tax-credit units. Ask the property manager about current rent, income limits and the wait list.
How do I apply to Rose of East Des Moines?
Apply through the property manager. Buildings like this have age limits (usually 62 and over, sometimes 55 and over) and income limits, and there is often a wait list. The property manager may not be on site.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid