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ARBOR HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING CENTER
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Arbor House Assisted Living Center

4501 WEST MAIN STREET, NORMAN, OK 73072

About

Arbor House of Norman is a Legend Senior Living community located near historic downtown Norman at 4501 West Main Street. It presents itself as a welcoming community for every stage of living, with inviting spaces to relax, share meals, and enjoy the steady rhythm of everyday life. The setting emphasizes everyday comfort and connection, giving residents the choice between the independence of a maintenance-free lifestyle and the reassurance of daily support.

Care is personalized and adjusts as residents' needs evolve, with staff who treat each person with respect and provide steady support and an encouraging smile. Daily life is shaped around social engagement and enrichment, supported by amenities such as a bistro café, dining room, hair salon, spa, library, activity room, and landscaped courtyard and patio. Respite care and companion services are also available for those needing short-term or additional support.

  • Care levels: Assisted Living, Respite Care
  • Pricing starts around $5,135/month
  • 62 licensed beds

Monthly Cost

Starting at $5,135/mo

Licensed Beds

62

County

CLEVELAND

Care Type

ALF

Starting price — actual cost depends on care level and room type. Call Paul for a personalized quote at no cost.

OSP RatingOSP FairHow we rate: the OSP Rating is built from this community’s Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) survey history — weighing how recent, how frequent, and how serious the state’s inspection findings are. (Assisted living has no federal star rating, so we base it on the state’s public survey record.)

Faira solid, generally acceptable record, with a few state findings worth a quick question.

📞Often nothing to worry about. The state’s findings are summarized below — call Paul if you want help judging whether any of them would matter for your loved one.

Based on Oklahoma state (OSDH) survey history — assisted living and memory care have no federal star rating.

Past findings — state verified corrections, clean inspections since

The state cited deficiencies at 2 of the 3 inspections in the last two years. The state verified the corrections, and 1 later inspection found no deficiencies at all.

What state inspectors found

3 inspections in the last two years · 1 with no deficiencies cited · 2 with findings

Arbor House was inspected three times in the last two years, and two of those three visits resulted in citations. The clean visit was a February 2025 complaint investigation into abuse, grievances, and pests, which closed with no deficiencies; the surveyor found no signs of pests in resident rooms and observed residents receiving assistance in a non-aggressive manner. The October 2024 complaint survey cited the center for failing to report an alleged abuse incident to the state within the required one business day: a resident reported on 08/26/24 that a staff member had been rough and hurt their arm, and the report did not reach OSDH until 09/09/24. The February 2026 licensure survey cited four items: two resident assessments missing required signatures (cited at the pattern level), a medication error in which a resident received one 325 mg acetaminophen tablet instead of the ordered 650 mg and one nasal spray per nostril instead of two, a discharged resident's February 2025 medication and treatment records not retained, and a kitchen employee with no documented abuse training within 90 days of hire. The center filed correction plans after both cited surveys — the February 2026 plan only after the state rejected its first version — and offsite paper revisits in November 2024 and April 2026 found the center back in substantial compliance. At the October 2024 visit the surveyor saw staff answering call lights promptly, and the three residents interviewed that day said they felt safe from abuse.

  • In February 2025 the state investigated a complaint alleging abuse, a poor grievance process, and pests, and closed the investigation without citing the center for anything. 02-12-2025
  • During that same 2025 visit, the surveyor observed staff and resident interactions and recorded that residents were receiving assistance with care in a non-aggressive manner. 02-12-2025
  • The surveyor checked resident rooms for pests, including bed bugs, and found none. 02-12-2025
  • In October 2024 the surveyor observed staff answering call lights promptly and helping residents. 10-15-2024
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  • The three residents interviewed during that same October 2024 visit said they felt safe from abuse at the center. 10-15-2024
  • When a 2026 complaint alleged residents were not offered a choice at meals, the surveyor watched lunch service and saw residents getting either the menu meal or an alternate when they asked for one. 02-05-2026
  • After both cited surveys the center submitted a plan of correction and the state, on an offsite paper revisit, found the center back in substantial compliance. 02-05-2026

What the state also noted

  • This is not a clean record. Two of the three surveys resulted in citations.
  • February 2026 citations: assessments missing required resident/representative signatures for 2 of 9 sampled residents (a pattern, affecting several residents); medication not administered as ordered for 1 of 2 residents observed (325 mg acetaminophen instead of the ordered 650 mg, and one nasal spray per nostril instead of two); a discharged resident's February 2025 medication and treatment administration records not retained; one kitchen employee without documented abuse training within 90 days of hire.
  • On the signature citation, the survey documents that during the inspection the resident director sent a medication aide to a resident's room to obtain a signature on an assessment dated 09/30/25, and the aide returned saying the resident director said not to date it. The resident director told the surveyor, 'I just thought it was best to get it signed. I guess I'm telling on myself.'
  • October 2024 citation: an alleged abuse incident reported by a resident on 08/26/24 (staff member rough while putting them to bed, hurting their arm) was not transmitted to OSDH until 09/09/24, well past the one-business-day requirement. This citation arose directly out of the abuse complaint being investigated — it is not an unrelated finding.
  • The center's first plan of correction after the February 2026 survey was rejected by the state as unacceptable and had to be amended before it was accepted.
  • Both return visits (11/19/2024 and 04/28/2026) were offsite/paper revisits. The state verified correction from submitted documents; no surveyor returned to the building to confirm it.
  • The 'complaints substantiated' count of zero means none of the specific allegations (abuse, meal choice, dignity, grievances, pests) was itself sustained with a citation. Deficiencies were still cited during two of those visits, including one about the handling of the abuse allegation.
  • Surveyor observations of call lights and resident statements about safety come from the October 2024 visit only; the 2025 and 2026 reports do not record either.

Summarized from Oklahoma State Department of Health survey documents. Inspections are a snapshot of specific days and sample a small number of residents.

Paul Swales, Senior Placement Advisor at Oklahoma Senior Placement

Call me before you call them. Once you contact the community directly, they treat you as a walk-in — and I usually can't step in as your advocate anymore. Reach me first and you keep someone on your side for the whole search, free. There are a couple of things about this community I'd tell you on the phone that aren't on this page.

Paul Swales, Senior Placement Advisor · Oklahoma Senior Placement

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Services & amenities

  • Restaurant-Style Dining
  • Social Activities
  • Fitness & Wellness
  • Beauty Salon
  • Outdoor Courtyard
  • Respite / Short-Term Stays
  • Faith-Based
  • Incontinence Care
  • Assisted Living care
  • Personalized help with daily tasks
  • Respite (short-term) care
  • Companion services
  • Wellness programs
  • Life enrichment activities
  • Dining room
  • Bistro café
  • Private dining
  • Hair salon
  • Spa
  • Library
  • Activity room
  • Courtyard
  • Patio
  • Post office

Care levels offered

Assisted LivingRespite Care

Special features

  • Located near historic downtown Norman
  • On-site bistro café and spa
  • On-site post office

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Location

4501 WEST MAIN STREET, NORMAN, OK 73072