Assisted Living
Independence Village of Ames
1325 Coconino Rd, Ste 300, Ames, IA 50014 · Map
Licensed for 122 residents
Independence Village of Ames is a state-licensed assisted living community in Ames, Iowa. It is licensed for 122 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 | $3,329 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Independence Village of Ames says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Our newly opened memory care neighborhood is here to assist our residents with both support needs and daily enrichment.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Beyond having hospice professionals available to help, our approach offers a supportive, soothing, and personalized environment during this transition.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals daily, plus snacks and special events
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pet-friendly community
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom.
At Independence Village of Ames, we offer studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments across assisted living and memory care, with layouts designed to feel welcoming from the first day and easy to move through every day after.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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: Jun 6, 2024. See the record
License
Active, 122 residents
Assisted Living Program S0041.
Nearest emergency room
3.7 miles
Mary Greeley Medical Center, rated 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Village of Ames this community | 122 | $3,329/mo | Active | 4 state violations in 3 years | |
| Independence Village of Ames AL | 0.0 mi | 90 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Rose of Ames | 0.0 mi | 112 | $1,245/mo | Active | 6 state violations in 3 years |
| Assisted Living at Northcrest Community | 3.0 mi | 64 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Bickford Cottage Ames | 3.0 mi | 63 | $4,256/mo | Active | 13 state violations in 3 years |
State inspection record4 state violations in 3 years
- Last recertification or initial survey
- June 6, 2024
- Visits in three years
- 1
- Complaint visits in three years
- 1
- State violations (all visits)
- 4
- State fines in three years
- None
- Certification expires
- April 23, 2027
- Certified since 2001
Visits (newest first)
- June 6, 2024: Recertification, Complaint, 4 state violations · report
- Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include the program's newly hired registered nurse shall within 60 days of beginning employment as the program's registered nurse document a review to ensure that staff are sufficiently trained and competent in all tasks that are assigned or delegated. 481 IAC 67.9(4)a
- 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)
- Direct-contact personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program or employed by a contracting agency providing staff to a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight hours of dementia-specific continuing education annually. 481 IAC 69.30(3)b
- An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program. 481 IAC 69.32(2)
DIAL Health Facility Database record → (Independence Village of Ames MC)
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 122 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
- S0041
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 122
- County
- Story County
- Administrator
- Vonnie Potter
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 3.7 mi, nursing home 1.8 mi, pharmacy 0.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames. 3.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Green Hills Health Care Center, Ames. 1.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mary Greeley Home Health Services, Ames. 3.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hy-Vee Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50014 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis, Ames, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50014.
Mary Greeley Hospice Services, office in Ames, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
St Croix Hospice, office in Ankeny, 21.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Joseph Hoagbin, MD, Marshalltown. 38.2 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 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Independence Village of Ames provide?
Independence Village of Ames is licensed by the state of Iowa for assisted living in Ames, Iowa. Its licensed capacity is 122 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Independence Village of Ames?
No. We publish state licensing details for Independence Village of Ames 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 Independence Village of Ames 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. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Independence Village of Ames?
Use Independence Village of Ames's website, independencevillages.com/community/ames-ia, or visit at 1325 Coconino Rd, Ste 300, Ames, IA 50014.
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