OklahomaSenior Placement
301 WEST WADE, EL RENO, OK 73036
About
Saint Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno is an assisted living community sponsored by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, with 65 individual rooms, 16 of which are in a specialized care unit. Its faith-based social model emphasizes assistance over dependence: "Our role is not to 'do for,' but to 'assist with' each resident's identified needs," prioritizing "individualized care of needs as well as activities and programs for groups." Personalized care plans are developed through team collaboration involving residents, families, and staff, with 24-hour trained staff access. The community promotes "maintenance free living" with no buy-in fees or endowments, month-to-month leasing, and a flexible 30-day notice so residents maintain financial control.
Care includes bathing, dressing, and grooming assistance, medication management, and health-status reviews, with three daily restaurant-style meals plus snacks, weekly laundry and housekeeping, and on-site beauty and barber services. Residents enjoy social, educational, spiritual, recreational, and exercise programs, planned monthly outings, and free local transportation to medical appointments plus scheduled group outings for shopping, dining, and recreation. Common spaces include a library with a fireplace, a family kitchen and dining area, billiards, a piano, an exercise area, and enclosed landscaped courtyards. Private apartments come in four floor plans (Faith, Hope, Love, Wisdom) with kitchenettes, private bathrooms with grab bars, and individually controlled HVAC.
Monthly Cost
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Licensed Beds
74
County
CANADIAN
Care Type
ALF & Memory Care
Excellent — a 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.
2 inspections in the last two years · 2 with no deficiencies cited
Both Oklahoma State Department of Health inspections of St Katharine Drexel in the last two years ended with no deficiencies cited — including the full relicensure survey in November 2025, which also folded in two complaint investigations. During an earlier unannounced visit prompted by a complaint about residents being isolated, the surveyor toured the building and found residents clean, appropriately dressed and free of odors, watched staff helping residents with daily care, and specifically noted staff treating residents with dignity and respect. That complaint did not result in a single citation. Nothing in the state's records from this period shows a cited problem.
Summarized from Oklahoma State Department of Health survey documents. Inspections are a snapshot of specific days and sample a small number of residents.
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) 655-5309Services & amenities
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Oklahoma Senior Placement can guide you through options at ST KATHARINE DREXEL RETIREMENT CENTER — no cost, no obligation.
Paul Swales, Senior Placement Advisor
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301 WEST WADE, EL RENO, OK 73036