Assisted LivingMemory Care

Bradbury Commons

1601 ACADEMY ROAD, PONCA CITY, OK 74604

Monthly Cost

$2,998 – $5,775/mo

Licensed Beds

County

KAY

Care Type

Assisted Living & Memory Care

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

What it’s like

Bradbury Commons is an active senior living community in Ponca City, set in a quiet residential neighborhood near the Ponca City Country Club and Lake Ponca, minutes from downtown shopping, dining, and entertainment. Formerly operated as Ascension Living Via Christi Village Ponca City, it offers a full continuum of care—independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation—so residents can seamlessly move between levels of care while remaining on the same campus.

The community emphasizes maintenance-free living combined with personalized support tailored to each resident's needs and preferences. Assisted living residents receive personalized daily care, while skilled nursing and rehabilitation offer 24/7 medical support along with physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Daily life is supported by flexible meal plans and dining, scheduled transportation, wellness programs, and social activities, with multiple villa floor plans available.

Community Care and Amenities

Care levels, room types and features at Bradbury Commons. Not sure which of these your loved one actually needs? That’s where I can help — most families are guessing at this part, and guessing wrong is expensive.

Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care
Skilled Nursing
Long-Term Care
Villa floor plans (multiple)
On-Site Nursing
Physical Therapy
Housekeeping & Laundry
Transportation
Social Activities
Fitness & Wellness
Restaurant-Style Dining
Outdoor Courtyard
24-Hour Staff
Medication Management
Faith-Based
Diabetic Care
Assisted living with personalized daily care
Independent living with housekeeping
Memory care with specialized staff
Skilled nursing and rehabilitation
Long-term care with 24/7 medical support
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
Flexible meal plans and dining
Scheduled transportation
Wellness programs
Social activities and engagement
Multiple villa floor plans
Full continuum of care on one campus allowing seamless transitions between levels
Located near Ponca City Country Club and Lake Ponca
Villa floor plans available

State Inspection Record

Oklahoma inspects every assisted living and memory care community on a regular schedule, plus any time a complaint comes in. Inspectors are state employees, not part of this site — what follows is what they found, in their own words.

Built by Paul Swales, a senior placement advisor, from Oklahoma State Department of Health inspection records — not from reviews. Assisted living and memory care have no federal star rating.

What state inspectors found

1 inspection in the last two years · 1 with findings

The May 2025 relicensure survey here produced two citations, and one of them is more than a paperwork problem. Two of five sampled direct-care staff files had no documentation of first aid and CPR training in a building that includes memory care — one of them a medication aide employed since November 16, 2021 — and the facility's own plan of correction states those employees were removed from the schedule pending proper certification. The second citation was a kitchen finding: six of 15 opened food items in one of the building's two freezers had no open or use-by date. OSDH classified both as representing the potential for more than minimal harm. Inspectors also investigated four complaints during the same visit, covering abuse and resident privacy, staffing and emergency evacuation, call lights, and the Alzheimer's disclosure form; no abuse, staffing, evacuation or call-light deficiency appears on the Statement of Deficiencies for that survey event, though the report does not link findings to individual complaints. The correction plan was accepted and an offsite/paper revisit on June 13, 2025 confirmed compliance effective June 6, 2025.

Four complaint investigations were conducted alongside the May 2025 relicensure survey. The survey event produced only two citations: opened food items not labeled with an open/use-by date in one of two kitchen freezers, and two of five sampled staff files with no documentation of first aid and CPR training. 05-08-2025
The complaints reviewed included serious concerns - resident privacy and freedom from abuse, adequate staffing and evacuation, and a working call light system. Inspectors toured the building, observed staff interacting with residents, and reviewed health records, incident reports, grievances and police reports. No abuse, staffing, evacuation or call-light deficiency appears on the Statement of Deficiencies for that survey event. 05-08-2025
The state accepted the facility's plan of correction, and an offsite/paper revisit on June 13, 2025 found both cited deficiencies corrected, with compliance effective June 6, 2025. 05-08-2025

What the state also noted

— This building includes memory care. One of the two staff without documented first aid and CPR training was a medication aide the facility's own staff list showed as hired 11/16/21, roughly three and a half years before the May 2025 survey; the other was hired 04/30/25.
— Deficiencies were cited at this survey; this is not a clean-survey record. The two citations were unlabeled opened food in one of two freezers, and no first aid/CPR documentation for 2 of 5 sampled staff files. The state rated both as a pattern — a problem touching several residents, not just one — and OSDH's letter states they 'represented the potential for more than minimal harm.'
— The CPR/first aid citation should not be read as a paperwork matter. The facility's plan of correction states the two employees did not have up-to-date certification and were removed from the schedule until certified.
— OSDH does not use the words 'substantiated' or 'unsubstantiated' in these reports, and the Statement of Deficiencies does not link citations to individual complaints. One complaint (OK00062940) alleged failure to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment, and a kitchen food-storage deficiency was cited at the same survey event, so it cannot be stated with certainty that no complaint produced a finding.
— The facility's assertion that a facility-wide review found no other expired CPR/first aid certifications comes from its own plan of correction and was never verified on site - the only revisit was an offsite/paper review.
— Only one survey exists in the last 24 months, so there is limited history to judge trends.
— The survey documents are filed under the facility's operating name, Ascension Via Christi Village Ponca City.

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

Full inspection history

Every inspection Oklahoma has on record for this community. The rating is based on the last 2 years, so a community is not scored on something it corrected long ago — but the older record is here to read either way.

Counts toward the rating

2025-05-08Complaint investigation
Findings cited, none rising to harm
- The community failed to ensure opened food o Handling of ready to food items were labeled with the open and use by date products once packaging unsealed or beyond in the kitchen for 1 of 2 freezers observed.
- The community failed to ensure direct care staff had first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for 2 (CMA #2 and CNA #2) of 5 sampled personnel files reviewed.
- The community failed to ensure opened food items were labeled with the open and use by date in the kitchen for 1 of 2 freezers observed.

Earlier inspections on record (2) — not counted toward the rating

2023-06-16Routine inspectionhistory
No deficiencies were cited
2019-12-31Complaint investigationhistory
No deficiencies were cited

These are the state’s own inspection reports, which anyone can request from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. We read them; we don’t write them.

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Location

1601 ACADEMY ROAD, PONCA CITY, OK 74604