Assisted Living

Canoe Brook Ardmore

2215 4TH AVENUE NW, ARDMORE, OK 73401

Monthly Cost

$3,100 – $4,000/mo

Licensed Beds

County

CARTER

Care Type

Assisted Living

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

Canoe Brook Ardmore is an assisted living community at 2215 4th Ave. NW in Ardmore, Oklahoma, offering "a lifestyle that blends activity, connection, and personal support" in a home that combines comfort with convenience. Residents live in private studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments they are encouraged to personalize, and pets are welcome. Staff are available 24/7 with a nurse on staff, supporting residents' independence while providing the care they need.

Daily life is filled with friendship, laughter, and a curated activity calendar shaped by resident interests—pedicures, chair yoga, watercolor painting, dominoes, chickenfoot, bean bag toss, Bible studies, singing groups, football watch parties, and birthday celebrations. Care includes bathing and dressing assistance, mobility support, and medication management, with daily meals and snacks, housekeeping, and laundry provided, plus an on-site beauty salon and barbershop. Community partnerships bring local hospice and home-health experts in for special events.

Community Care and Amenities

Care levels, room types and features at Canoe Brook Ardmore. 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.

Assisted Living
Studio
One-Bedroom
Two-Bedroom
On-Site Nursing
Hospice
Pet Friendly
Social Activities
Housekeeping & Laundry
Beauty Salon
24-Hour Staff
Medication Management
Respite / Short-Term Stays
Incontinence Care
Diabetic Care
Bathing and dressing assistance
Mobility support
On-site nurse
24/7 caregiver availability
Daily meals and snacks
Housekeeping
Laundry
On-site beauty salon and barbershop
Pet-friendly apartments
Activities program (chair yoga, watercolor, games)
Bible studies and singing groups
Private studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments
Community partnerships bringing local hospice and home-health experts for special events
Curated activity calendar shaped by resident interests
Monthly rotating menus planned for variety
Residents encouraged to personalize their apartments
Part of the Canoe Brook / Oxford Senior Living family

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

Canoe Brook Ardmore's one inspection in the last two years, in November 2025, was a demanding one: the state arrived unannounced with five separate complaints to investigate, including allegations of abuse, too little staff, poor meals, and medication problems. After three days of observing care, reviewing records and interviewing residents and staff, inspectors did not cite any of those allegations. The only deficiency written up was open containers of sugar, dry beans and croutons left uncovered in the kitchen dry-storage area, which could attract pests. The community corrected that and a December 31, 2025 state review found it in substantial compliance.

Inspectors arrived unannounced with five separate complaints to investigate at once, covering abuse, staffing levels, meal quality and therapeutic diets, medication administration, and building equipment. After three days on site, the only thing they wrote up was open food containers in the kitchen storeroom. 11-05-2025
The most serious allegation, that residents were not free from physical, verbal, and psychosocial abuse, was investigated in depth. The surveyor watched how staff treated residents, reviewed incident reports and abuse training records, and interviewed residents and staff about identifying and reporting abuse. No abuse-related deficiency was cited. 11-05-2025
Surveyors watched residents throughout the building, in their rooms, in common areas, at meals, during medication passes and in activities, and saw staff interacting with residents and responding to their needs. 11-05-2025
Complaints about not having enough staff and about food being unpalatable or not meeting special diet needs were checked against staffing schedules, menus, weights, diet orders and resident interviews. No staffing, dietary-order or nutrition deficiency was cited. 11-05-2025

Show all 7 findings

A complaint alleging medication errors and a failure to assess and act on residents' changing conditions was investigated, including a review of medication administration records and direct observation of a medication pass. No medication deficiency was cited. 11-05-2025
The November 3 through 5, 2025 relicensure survey, conducted alongside five complaint investigations, did result in a citation: open dry-food containers in the kitchen storage area, which the state recorded as a pattern affecting several residents. One section of the state's form was closed out with no deficiencies cited; another section states that deficiencies were cited. The citation was accepted for correction and verified corrected at an off-site revisit on December 31, 2025. 11-05-2025
The kitchen storage issue was corrected. The community put dry-food storage logs and daily manager checks in place, and a December 31, 2025 state review found it in substantial compliance. 11-05-2025

What the state also noted

— One deficiency was cited on 11/05/2025: food not stored in a manner to prevent conditions that could attract pests, observed over three consecutive days in the dry-storage area.
— That citation carried a scope/severity of E, meaning the state considered it a pattern rather than an isolated slip, and the state's letter described the deficiency as representing 'the potential for more than minimal harm.'
— OSDH investigative reports do not formally state whether an allegation was substantiated; the conclusion that the five complaints did not result in citations is based on the deficiency list on the state form, which contains only the food-storage tag.
— Only one survey falls within the 24-month window, so there is no earlier inspection here to compare against.

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

2025-11-05Complaint investigation
Findings cited, none rising to harm
- The community failed to ensure food was stored in a manner to prevent conditions that could attract pests in the kitchen.

Earlier inspections on record (3) — not counted toward the rating

2024-05-21Complaint investigationhistory
Immediate jeopardy cited
- The community failed to coordinate an assessment with the signature of a RN or the resident's personal physician for one (#8) of 10 sampled residents reviewed for assessments.
- The community failed to ensure incidents requiring reporting were reported to OSDH for two (#4 and #8) of four sampled residents reviewed for incidents.
- The community failed to ensure an organized accurate clinical record to include all services for two (#1 and #9) of five sampled residents with home health services.
- The community failed to ensure an employee received abuse and neglect training within 90 days of employment for one (CNA #2) of five sampled employee records reviewed.
2023-04-06Complaint investigationhistory
Findings cited, none rising to harm
- The community failed to obtain food service training program for one (#1) of one sampled cook who prepared and provided meals to 36 residents who received food from the kitchen.
- The community failed to provide a lockable compartment, within each members unit for valuables, for four (#2, 5, 6, and #11) of five sampled residents required to have a lockable compartment to store valuables.
- The community failed to inform one (#9) of one sampled pet owner at the center to obtain vaccinations for the dog as required in the center's contract.
2022-05-05Complaint investigationhistory
Immediate jeopardy cited
- The community failed to provide qualified staff to administer FSBS for one (#7) of three sampled residents for blood glucose monitoring.
- The community failed to have the known licensed Administrator/Executive Director on file at the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH).
- The community failed to lock the center after normal business hours, as outlined in the resident contract, and an unauthorized person was allowed to enter the center.
- The community failed to lock the front Sa was allowed to enter the center.

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

2215 4TH AVENUE NW, ARDMORE, OK 73401