Shawnee Memory Care

Last verified: October 2026 against the OSDH Long Term Care record

Is Shawnee Memory Care licensed in Oklahoma?

Yes. Shawnee Memory Care holds an open OSDH Assisted Living Center license, ID AL6304, for 60 beds. It is listed as open in the OSDH Long Term Care registry retrieved October 24, 2026.

License and contact information for Shawnee Memory Care

What does the OSDH inspection file show for Shawnee Memory Care?

OSDH has posted 9 survey documents for Shawnee Memory Care — licensing inspections and complaint investigations — the most recent dated October 22, 2025, with 2 since October 2023. No administrative or court order appears in the public file.

Survey years on file: 2025 (1), 2024 (1), 2023 (1), 2022 (4), 2021 (1), 2019 (1). A longer document usually means more findings were written up, but only the report itself says what OSDH cited and whether it was corrected. Open them from the facility's file on the OSDH survey search, and ask the administrator to walk you through the latest one.

Does Shawnee Memory Care offer memory care?

Shawnee Memory Care names memory care in its licensed name, but no Alzheimer's special-care disclosure appears in the public OSDH file we pulled. Oklahoma requires that disclosure from any provider advertising a special dementia unit, so ask the community for its current one before you tour.

Who is Shawnee Memory Care a good fit for?

As a mid-size community, Shawnee Memory Care suits someone who needs daily help with personal care or medications but not 24-hour skilled nursing, which an Oklahoma assisted living center cannot provide. A mid-size or smaller building can feel more personal; ask how staffing holds up on nights and weekends.

How does Shawnee Memory Care compare with other licensed communities nearby?

With 60 licensed beds, Shawnee Memory Care ranks #39 by size among the 81 assisted living centers in the metro. The Guthrie & Shawnee area area has 4 licensed centers with 186 beds between them, 1 of them flagged for memory care.

• Primrose Retirement Community of Shawnee — Shawnee, 50 beds, 4 survey files
• Brookdale Shawnee — Shawnee, 39 beds, 4 survey files
• Ash Street Place — Guthrie, 37 beds, 4 survey files

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How big is Shawnee Memory Care compared with other Pottawatomie County assisted living?

Shawnee Memory Care holds 60 of the 149 licensed assisted living beds in Pottawatomie County (40%), across 3 open centers there. Metro-wide the 81 centers hold 5,036 beds, and the median center is licensed for 55 beds.

Licensed beds are a ceiling, not a census: OSDH licenses capacity, and a community may run below it. Ask how many residents live there today, how many are in memory care, and how staffing scales when the building is full.

How often does OSDH inspect Shawnee Memory Care?

The public file for Shawnee Memory Care holds 9 survey documents across 7 calendar years (2019–2025), about 1.3 a year. Oklahoma assisted living centers receive periodic licensing surveys, and OSDH adds complaint investigations whenever someone files a complaint, so a busier file can reflect a larger building or more complaints — the reports themselves say which.

When you read a survey, look for the date, whether it was a licensing survey or a complaint investigation, the rule each finding cites, and the plan of correction. Repeat findings on the same rule across two or more surveys matter more than a single citation.

What local help is available near Shawnee Memory Care?

Pottawatomie County is served by a different regional Area Agency on Aging than the core metro; OKDHS Aging Services can route you to it. Statewide, suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation goes to OKDHS at 1-800-522-3511, and licensing complaints to OSDH Long Term Care at (405) 426-8200.

Where is Shawnee Memory Care and what is nearby?

Shawnee Memory Care is at 1723 N Airport Drive, Shawnee, OK 74804, in Pottawatomie County. Hospitals families in this part of the metro use include SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Shawnee, Unity Health Center (regional), SSM Health St. Anthony (OKC, regional).

Shawnee is the Pottawatomie County seat on the eastern edge of the metro, a regional hub of about 30,000 home to Oklahoma Baptist University, with affordable housing and SSM Health St. Anthony's Shawnee hospital serving the area.

Nearby areas families also look at: Downtown Shawnee, Woodland Park, North Shawnee, Kickapoo corridor, near OBU.

How much does Shawnee Memory Care cost?

OSDH does not publish rates, so ask Shawnee Memory Care for its written rate sheet. For context, memory care in the Shawnee area typically runs $4,200–$6,000 a month in 2026.

Paying for it: SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) does not pay assisted living rent, but the ADvantage Waiver can cover personal care services for residents who qualify medically and financially; VA Aid and Attendance helps eligible veterans and surviving spouses. Ask on the first call which of these Shawnee Memory Care accepts.

How should I evaluate Shawnee Memory Care?

The license says what a community may do; the survey file shows how it has been doing it. Read the latest OSDH survey for Shawnee Memory Care, visit at a mealtime and again unannounced, and ask how the memory care unit would handle a resident whose needs change.

Questions to ask on your tour of Shawnee Memory Care

• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing facility?
• Who passes medications, and how are medication errors tracked and reported?
• How long have the administrator and the lead nurse been in their roles?
• Is the rate all-inclusive or tiered by care level? Please give me the written rate sheet.
• Do you accept the ADvantage Waiver or VA Aid and Attendance, and is there a waitlist for those residents?
• What happens at 2 a.m. after a fall, and which hospital do you send residents to?
• Can family visit unannounced, and who do we call with a concern?
• If dementia progresses, can my parent stay, and what does the secured unit cost?
• How much notice do you give before a rate increase or a discharge?

Who can help if there is a problem at Shawnee Memory Care?

Start with the administrator, then file a complaint with OSDH Long Term Care at (405) 426-8200. For free local counseling and the long-term care ombudsman, contact the Areawide Aging Agency (405-942-8500); report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation to the Oklahoma DHS adult abuse line, 1-800-522-3511.

This profile uses only public OSDH records and does not rate, rank or endorse Shawnee Memory Care. Oklahoma City Senior Advisor is not affiliated with the community.