Assisted Living
Thornton Heights Assisted Living
1329 Main St, Lansing, IA 52151 · Map
Licensed for 26 residents
Thornton Heights Assisted Living is a state-licensed assisted living community in Lansing, Iowa. It is licensed for 26 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Thornton Heights Assisted Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Newly updated private and semi-private rooms with family gathering areas for get-togethers and a large variety of activities and music events.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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: Apr 30, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 26 residents
Assisted Living Program S0183.
Nearest emergency room
13.6 miles
Veterans Memorial Hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Heights Assisted Living this community | 26 | Not published | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years | |
| Southcrest Manor | 14.0 mi | 32 | Not published | Active | 0 state violations in 3 years |
| Creamery Creek Senior Living | 20.9 mi | 55 | $3,000/mo | Active | No record |
| Bethel Oaks Memory Care Home | 21.6 mi | 29 | $6,454/mo | Active | No record |
| Maplewood Terrace | 21.6 mi | 52 | $3,762/mo | Active | No record |
State inspection record0 state violations in 3 years
- Last recertification or initial survey
- April 30, 2025
- Visits in three years
- 1
- Complaint visits in three years
- 0
- State violations (all visits)
- 0
- State fines in three years
- None
- Certification expires
- November 18, 2027
- No violations cited at the last 4 visits (January 2016 to April 2025)
- Certified since 2003
Visits (newest first)
- April 30, 2025: Recertification, no state violations listed · report
DIAL Health Facility Database record → (Thornton Heights Assisted 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 26 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
- S0183
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 26
- County
- Allamakee County
- Administrator
- Sam Kuhn
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 13.6 mi, nursing home 0.0 mi, pharmacy 21.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon. 13.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center, Lansing. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- V M H Comunity & Home Care, Waukon. 13.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 21.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 52151 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 52151.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Gundersen Clinic Ltd, Viroqua. 21.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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 relatively moderate; 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
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, 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 tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- 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 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 relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Thornton Heights Assisted Living provide?
Thornton Heights Assisted Living is licensed by the state of Iowa for assisted living in Lansing, Iowa. Its licensed capacity is 26 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Thornton Heights Assisted Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for Thornton Heights Assisted Living 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 Thornton Heights Assisted Living 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. Thornton Heights Assisted Living does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Thornton Heights Assisted Living?
Use Thornton Heights Assisted Living's website, thorntonmanorlansing.com, or visit at 1329 Main St, Lansing, IA 52151.
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