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SHAWNEE MEMORY CARE
Memory Care

Shawnee Memory Care

1723 N AIRPORT DRIVE, SHAWNEE, OK 74804

Monthly Cost

Starting at $5,295/mo

Licensed Beds

60

County

POTTAWATOMIE

Care Type

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

Shawnee Memory Care, a Compass Living community in Shawnee, specializes in Alzheimer's and dementia care with 24/7 support in an "elder-directed, person-centered" culture "Guided by Goodness, Loyalty, Faith, and Fun." The community is Eden Alternative certified, with an on-site Eden Alternative Associate and Educator championing a person-centered culture, and earned a Deficiency-Free badge in 2024. Its philosophy: "Whether your loved one is just beginning to experience memory challenges or needs advanced support, we're here to walk that journey with you with patience, understanding, and hope," delivered by experienced care partners and a hands-on leadership team with licensed nurse oversight.

The 60-private-apartment secure community offers three chef-prepared, made-from-scratch meals daily plus snacks using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, with communal dining that fosters "nutrition, dignity, and friendships" and special dietary accommodations. Housekeeping, laundry, utilities, an on-site salon, free Wi-Fi, and maintenance are included. Life-enrichment programming spans social, creative, spiritual, purposeful, and empowering dimensions, anchored by signature True North programs including Tiny Stories (preserving each resident's life story), Circle of Friends (facilitated connection gatherings), and Compass Cafe dining, plus a monthly Alzheimer's family support group.

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Community Care and Amenities

Care levels, room types and features at Shawnee Memory Care. 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.

  • Memory Care
  • Memory Care Suite
  • On-Site Nursing
  • Chef-Prepared Meals
  • Social Activities
  • Housekeeping & Laundry
  • Beauty Salon
  • 24-Hour Staff
  • Medication Management
  • Respite / Short-Term Stays
  • Incontinence Care
  • Veterans / VA Benefits
  • Diabetic Care
  • 24/7 memory care with licensed nurse oversight
  • Assistance with activities of daily living
  • Medication support and emergency response
  • Three chef-prepared, made-from-scratch meals daily plus snacks
  • Special dietary accommodations
  • Housekeeping and laundry
  • On-site salon
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Maintenance and utilities included
  • Life Enrichment programming (social, creative, spiritual, purposeful)
  • Life Story program
  • Communal dining
  • 60 private secure apartments
  • Family involvement and support programs
  • Eden Alternative certified (on-site Associate and Educator)
  • Deficiency-Free badge (2024)
  • Tiny Stories life-story project
  • Circle of Friends connection program
  • Compass Cafe enhanced dining
  • Monthly Alzheimer's family support group
  • Secure 60-apartment community design

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

Shawnee Memory Care had one state inspection in the past two years, in October 2025, and it was a big one — a full relicensure survey combined with two complaint investigations alleging abuse and neglect, inadequate supervision, missed meals, and short staffing. Inspectors spent three days interviewing residents and staff and reviewing care plans, staffing schedules, incident reports and grievances, and none of those allegations led to a citation. They described residents as clean, dressed appropriately and free of odors, and watched staff helping residents with daily care and at mealtimes, including carrying trays to residents' rooms. Two things were cited: a dark buildup of grease and debris on the kitchen floor under the cooking equipment, which the dietary manager said had last been cleaned about three weeks earlier, and the fact that the annual fire marshal inspection had not been done in 2025 — the most recent one on file was from March 2024. The state closed both citations effective November 30, 2025, but it did so through an offsite paper review rather than a return visit, and the facility's written correction plan for the fire marshal item was simply to keep calling and leaving voicemails until an inspection could be scheduled. Worth asking the administrator whether a 2025 fire marshal inspection has since been completed, and asking to see it.

  • Two complaints were investigated at the same time — covering abuse and neglect, supervision of vulnerable residents, meals, staffing levels, and help with daily care — and none of them resulted in a citation. The only two citations from the visit were about the kitchen floor and a missing fire marshal inspection. 10-22-2025
  • Touring the building, inspectors found residents clean, dressed appropriately and free of odors. 10-22-2025
  • Inspectors saw staff actually helping residents with the daily tasks of dressing, grooming and personal care, and responding when residents needed something. 10-22-2025
  • An allegation that residents were not getting three meals a day was investigated over three days. Surveyors watched staff help residents during and after meals and carry trays to the rooms of those who eat there, and reviewed meal intake percentages and diets — no meal-related citation was issued. 10-22-2025
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  • The state looked closely at the records that reveal problems — care plans, service contracts, physician orders, staffing schedules, incident reports with investigations, and grievances — and cited nothing in any of those areas. 10-22-2025
  • The state closed out both citations: after the facility submitted a plan of correction, an offsite paper revisit on 12/04/2025 found the facility in substantial compliance effective 11/30/2025. 10-22-2025

What the state also noted

  • — Deficiencies WERE cited at this survey. Two citations: kitchen floors under the cooking appliances had a dark buildup of debris and grease on both 10/20/25 and 10/22/25, which the dietary manager said had last been cleaned about three weeks earlier; and the required annual fire marshal inspection had not been completed in 2025 (the most recent on file was dated 03/21/24). The executive director reported repeated unanswered attempts to reach the fire marshal.
  • — The December 4, 2025 revisit was an offsite/paper review of the facility's plan of correction, not an on-site re-inspection. No surveyor returned to the building to verify the corrections.
  • — The plan of correction does not establish that a 2025 fire marshal inspection was actually obtained. Every element of the facility's response to that citation states only that the executive director has made and 'will continue to' make attempts to reach the fire marshal. Families concerned about fire safety should ask to see a current inspection report.
  • — Only one survey falls in the 24-month window, so there is no record of improvement or decline over time to point to.
  • — The complaint allegations were serious (abuse, neglect, inadequate supervision, meals not served). The bundle does not include an explicit 'not substantiated' statement; the basis for saying they were not sustained is that the Statement of Deficiencies from that same investigation cited only the kitchen floor and fire marshal issues.

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

  • 2025-10-22Complaint investigation

    Findings cited, none rising to harm

    • The community failed to ensure the kitchen floors were PE [hepa et me meri ese eedlonmreeliceniere ver 1.
    • The community failed to ensure the kitchen floors were kept clean The dietary manager reported 43 residents received meals from the kitchen.
    • The community failed to ensure an annual fire marshal inspection was conducted on 2025.
Earlier inspections on record (8) — not counted toward the rating
  • 2024-03-01Complaint investigationhistory

    No deficiencies were cited

  • 2023-06-07Complaint investigationhistory

    Findings cited, none rising to harm

    • The community failed to ensure an injury of unknown injury was identified; failed to assess, monitor, and intervene and failed to investigate and report to the OSDH for an injury of unknown origin.
    • The community failed to ensure residents’ representatives were notified of a change in condition.
    • The community failed to report an incident resulting in head injury or that required treatment at the hospital for one (#2) of three sampled residents reviewed for incidents.
  • 2022-12-14Complaint investigationhistory

    Findings cited, none rising to harm

    • The community failed to ensure residents received adequate care for three (#2, 3, and #4) of four residents sampled for medical care.
  • 2022-11-03Complaint investigationhistory

    Findings cited, none rising to harm

  • 2022-06-09Complaint investigationhistory

    Immediate jeopardy cited

    • The community failed to conduct a personal interview between the resident and the person completing the form for one (#2) of eight sampled residents reviewed for comprehensive assessments.
    • The community failed to ensure care plans were completed for three residents (#2, 4, and #6) of eight sampled residents reviewed for care plans.
    • The community failed to provide qualified staff to perform neurological assessments after a known fall for one (#2) of four sampled residents with documented falls.
    • The community failed to develop a policy and procedure for falls and failed to develop a plan of care after Res #2 had a hospitalization for a subdural hematoma and repeated falls after the hospitalization.
  • 2022-05-25Complaint investigationhistory

    No deficiencies were cited

  • 2021-04-02Complaint investigationhistory

    Immediate jeopardy cited

    • The community failed to ensure residents were free from sexual and mental abuse for two (#1 and #2) of three residents sampled for abuse.
    • The community failed to ensure residents #1 and #2 were free from sexual abuse.
  • 2019-11-14Complaint investigationhistory

    Findings cited, none rising to harm

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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  • The price above is not the price you’ll pay. Care-level charges, community fees, medication management and second-person fees all stack on top of that base rate. I’ll walk you through what this community really charges for someone in your loved one’s situation — and push to get the move-in fee and deposit reduced.
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Paul Swales, Senior Placement Advisor at Oklahoma Senior Placement

I’m Paul Swales, and this is what I do all day. A senior placement advisor is the person who finds the right community for your family and does the hard part for you. I’ve read the state health department’s inspection record on every community in this metro. I know which ones will genuinely take your loved one’s level of care, and I make the calls — so you’re not doing this alone at eleven at night on your phone.

It works like a buyer’s agent in real estate. Your family never pays me. The community pays my fee, and only if someone I introduce actually moves in. There’s no cost to your family and no obligation to keep using me.

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1723 N AIRPORT DRIVE, SHAWNEE, OK 74804