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IRIS MEMORY CARE OF NW OKLAHOMA CITY
Memory Care

Iris Memory Care Of Nw Oklahoma City

12000 NORTH MACARTHUR BLVD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73162

About

Iris Memory Care of NW Oklahoma City is a memory care community at 12000 N MacArthur Blvd in Oklahoma City, providing Alzheimer's and dementia care in a home-like assisted living setting. The community is built as three separate buildings, each accommodating a maximum of 18 residents, emphasizing small, intimate environments where individuals with memory loss can thrive; from the moment you walk through the front door it is meant to feel like a single-family home complete with familiar sights, soothing sounds, and homey aromas. Respite, short-term, and long-term stays are offered.

Certified care staff are on-site 24 hours a day with an on-site nurse, and the community keeps higher staff-to-resident ratios than typical assisted living. Care includes medication management, personal assistance with bathing, dressing and grooming, incontinence care, mobility and transfer assistance, and three chef-prepared, dietitian-approved meals daily, with kitchen and dining areas designed to encourage community engagement and family participation at meals. Amenities include a full-service salon, game and activity room, comfortable living rooms, covered porches, courtyards, and a secured walking path, all supported by life-safety systems, an emergency generator, and access control.

  • Care levels: Memory Care, Respite/Short-Term
  • Room types: Private Suite
  • Pricing starts around $5,575/month
  • 60 licensed beds

Monthly Cost

$5,575 – $7,500/mo

Licensed Beds

60

County

OKLAHOMA

Care Type

Memory Care

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

OSP RatingOSP ExcellentHow 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.)

Excellenta consistently clean state inspection history — one of the strongest records in Oklahoma.

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

What state inspectors found

1 inspection in the last two years · 1 with no deficiencies cited

Iris Memory Care of NW Oklahoma City had one state inspection in the past two years — a full relicensure survey in March 2025 that also investigated two complaints — and it ended with no deficiencies cited. Surveyors specifically looked into allegations of chemical restraint, an unsanitary building, and residents not receiving help with personal care, and none of the three held up: they found behavior medications were prescribed and monitored by specialists and used sparingly, described the community as clean and homelike, and observed residents groomed, dressed appropriately and in clean clothing. Because only one survey falls in this window, this is a smaller record than some communities have.

  • The state's full relicensure survey in March 2025, which also included two complaint investigations, ended with no deficiencies cited. 03-06-2025
  • An allegation that residents were being chemically restrained was investigated and not borne out; the surveyor found medications for aggression were prescribed and monitored by specialists and given only infrequently as a last resort. 03-06-2025
  • An allegation about an unsanitary building was not supported — the surveyor described the community as clean and homelike on a routine basis. 03-06-2025
  • A complaint that dependent residents were not getting help with personal care was not supported; the surveyor found residents groomed, appropriately dressed and free of soiled garments. 03-06-2025

What the state also noted

  • No deficiencies were cited, but this reflects a single survey; there is less inspection history here than at communities surveyed more often.
  • One investigative-report page in this facility's packet is headed with a different facility's name and license number (Morada Midwest City, AL5505) and appears to have been mis-filed by the state's scanning; its findings about staffing were not credited to Iris in this summary.
  • The second investigative report page has blank facility identification fields, so its allegations are matched to this facility by date and by the state form rather than by an explicit facility name.

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

(405) 655-5309

Services & amenities

  • On-Site Nursing
  • Social Activities
  • Housekeeping & Laundry
  • Beauty Salon
  • Outdoor Courtyard
  • Transportation
  • 24-Hour Staff
  • Medication Management
  • Chef-Prepared Meals
  • Respite / Short-Term Stays
  • Incontinence Care
  • Diabetic Care
  • 24-hour certified care staff
  • On-site nurse
  • Personal assistance with bathing, dressing and grooming
  • Mobility and transfer assistance
  • Three chef-prepared, dietitian-approved meals daily
  • Personalized daily activity programming
  • Housekeeping and laundry
  • Scheduled transportation (case-by-case)
  • Emotional and behavioral management
  • Full-service salon
  • Game and activity room
  • Covered porches and courtyards
  • Secured walking path

Care levels offered

Memory CareRespite/Short-Term

Room & apartment types

Private Suite

Special features

  • Memory Care by Design with three separate buildings, max 18 residents each
  • Higher-than-typical staff-to-resident ratios
  • Pet therapy
  • Family-style communal dining
  • Emergency generator and access control
  • Respite, short- and long-term stays

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(405) 655-5309
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Location

12000 NORTH MACARTHUR BLVD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73162