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UNIVERSITY VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
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University Village Retirement Community

8555 SOUTH LEWIS AVENUE, TULSA, OK 74137

About

University Village Retirement Community has been a premier Tulsa senior living option since 1974, offering a full continuum that spans independent-living cottages and apartments, 55+ apartments, assisted living, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation. The community's guiding philosophy is "Live well. Be well.," encouraging residents to maintain a high quality of life through healthy activities, fitness programs, and nutritious dining even as their needs evolve.

Daily life is organized around a multidimensional wellness lifestyle that addresses social, occupational, emotional, physical, intellectual, environmental, and spiritual well-being, with diverse programming that includes games, exercise classes, dining outings, and volunteer opportunities. The community's Health Center supports residents who need assisted living or rehabilitation, with a stated goal of helping residents remain independent longer.

  • Care levels: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing / Rehabilitation
  • Room types: Independent cottages, Independent apartments, 55+ apartments
  • Pricing starts around $4,195/month
  • 150 licensed beds

Monthly Cost

Starting at $4,195/mo

Licensed Beds

150

County

TULSA

Care Type

ALF

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

OSP RatingOSP GoodHow 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.)

Gooda clean, solid state inspection record — better than most Oklahoma communities.

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

What state inspectors found

2 inspections in the last two years · 1 with no deficiencies cited · 1 with findings

State inspectors visited University Village twice in this period. In February 2025 they investigated two complaints alleging verbal, physical, psychosocial and sexual abuse; they observed residents with staff throughout the visit, interviewed residents and staff, reviewed records and resident council minutes, and cited no deficiencies. The April 2025 licensing survey cited one item: six opened food containers in one of four kitchen refrigerators and the warming cabinet had no open/use-by date. The kitchen team was retrained and a May 2025 revisit confirmed the community was back in substantial compliance.

  • In February 2025 the state investigated two complaints alleging residents were verbally, psychosocially, physically or sexually abused, and cited no deficiencies. 02-13-2025
  • During that abuse investigation the surveyor watched residents and staff together throughout the visit and interviewed both residents and staff about every type of abuse. 02-13-2025
  • The state also reviewed resident records, incident reports, prior state-reported investigations, resident council meeting minutes and facility policies before closing the complaint with no findings. 02-13-2025
  • The April 2025 licensing survey resulted in a single citation, about food labeling, and it was limited in scope — one of four kitchen refrigerators and the warming cabinet, with six of 24 food items checked found undated. 04-08-2025
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  • The facility responded with an in-service on food storage, preparation and service led by the dining services manager and consulting dietitian, plus a labeling-and-dating check schedule (daily for two weeks, then weekly for two weeks, then randomly thereafter), and an offsite paper revisit on 05/14/25 found the facility back in substantial compliance. 04-08-2025

What the state also noted

  • The April 2025 relicensure survey cited one deficiency (food labeling and dating), and the state's letter noted the deficiency 'represented the potential for more than minimal harm.'
  • The facility's own internal employee counseling form, included in the state file, says the surveyor also observed blood dripped across the kitchen floor from a carried pan and wet or icy spots on the floor, and that the labeling issue was not addressed when the surveyor returned. Those observations did not become separate citations, but families may want to ask about kitchen practices.
  • This is a 150-bed community with a census around 95-102 at the time of these visits; the surveys sampled only a small number of residents.

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
  • Diabetic Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Restaurant-Style Dining
  • Social Activities
  • Fitness & Wellness
  • Outdoor Courtyard
  • Transportation
  • Veterans / VA Benefits
  • Independent living (cottages and apartments)
  • 55+ apartments
  • Assisted living
  • Skilled nursing and rehabilitation
  • On-site Health Center
  • Dining services
  • Fitness and exercise programs
  • Wellness lifestyle programming
  • Games and recreational activities
  • Dining outings
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Events calendar

Care levels offered

Independent LivingAssisted LivingSkilled Nursing / Rehabilitation

Room & apartment types

Independent cottagesIndependent apartments55+ apartments

Special features

  • Serving Tulsa since 1974
  • Seven-dimension wellness lifestyle program
  • Full continuum from cottages to skilled nursing on one campus
  • 'Oklahoma Best of the Best' recognition

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Location

8555 SOUTH LEWIS AVENUE, TULSA, OK 74137