Brookdale Overland Park

Brookdale Overland Park sits on a quiet, scenic campus in Overland Park, KS, where residents can relax among landscaped grounds and gardens full of flowers, and there are outdoor patio areas for getting fresh air and sunshine. The facility offers several levels of care and services, including independent living, assisted living, memory care through their Reflections Memory Care program, nursing home care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and even respite and adult day care services, all under one roof so residents can transition as their needs change. Living spaces come in a wide range of floor plans-residents can choose from studios, one-bedroom, deluxe apartments, private and semi-private rooms, or specialized memory care units, and all the rooms welcome natural light and come with hospital beds and cozy chairs for comfort, plus wheelchair accessible showers.

Inside, residents gather in community living rooms, a light-filled lobby, and different lounges, and there are plenty of common areas like a bistro café for social time, a game area, and a community theater. The facility offers restaurant-style dining with meals provided daily, and they also have meal options for different dietary needs. There's a hair salon and beauty/barber shop on site, so residents can take care of personal grooming without leaving the campus, which is nice.

Staff is available around the clock, with nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, and hospice care if needed, and the team keeps families informed about health, behavior, and medication changes. Brookdale Overland Park is pet-friendly, so residents can have their cats or dogs, and there's resident parking and free transportation for appointments and errands. With several structured programs and daily activities both onsite and offsite, residents can join in on recreation, social events, and trips, so there's always something to do. They welcome residents of both genders and offer certain wings for women or men only based on individual needs.

Specialized care options help those with Alzheimer's and dementia, offering personalized routines, stimulating activities meant to help with recognition and recall, and ongoing healthcare monitoring through their Daily Moments of Success approach. The staff aims to encourage feelings of purpose and engagement every day by tailoring things to each person's needs and preferences. Dozens of amenities-like devotional services, indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, wheelchair accessibility, and no smoking in common areas-are designed for safety, comfort, and independence at every stage of aging.

Brookdale Overland Park has 94 nursing beds, offers counseling, podiatry, dental, and home care services, and boasts high ratings, including a past SeniorAdvisor.com Award and consistent scores around 8.7 from residents and families. They're part of the Brookdale Senior Living network and have extra resources like Brookdale Blogs for families wanting to learn more about senior care. People can schedule tours to get a look at the campus, see daily life in person, and ask about the various care and living options available, and there's a sense that residents are helped through these years with kindness, comfort, and steady support.

Brookdale Overland Park is managed by Brookdale.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.