Garden View Care Center of O'Fallon- Skilled Nursing with Memory Care sits in a quiet spot on five acres at 700 Garden Path, O'Fallon, Missouri, where the atmosphere feels calm and welcoming and the grounds are landscaped with trees, gardens, and walking paths. The community is locally owned and has room for 36 residents, with both furnished studio and one-bedroom apartments, and you can find both private and semi-private rooms, all on the ground floor with views of the gardens. The facility serves people who need different levels of care, including skilled nursing, memory care for those with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia, assisted living, and short-term respite stays for families who need a break.
Staff offer round-the-clock care, with nursing coverage for 12 to 16 hours each day and a 24-hour call system, and they are trained to help with personal care like bathing, dressing, transfers, mobility, and medication management. Folks with diabetes, chronic conditions or those recovering from illness or surgery get medical support, including wound care, injections, speech therapy, rehabilitation, and even hospice care, and there's a dedicated team for dementia care.
The place has a good number of activities, with daily events, resident-run groups, offsite devotional trips, and even community-sponsored gatherings, plus on-site amenities like a beauty salon, library, barber shop, indoor common rooms, garden spaces, and a special memorabilia room called the Famous Stan Musial room, which brings back good memories for sports fans. They serve meals in a restaurant-style dining area and can work with special diets, including allergy-sensitive and diabetes-friendly meals.
For people who need help with everyday tasks, support is available for grooming, meal help, toileting, laundry, housekeeping, and mobility, and there's transportation for medical visits and non-medical outings, though details about parking and exterior features aren't clear and pets aren't allowed. The staff is described as friendly and helpful, and they go through background and safety checks before working with residents. Residents' emotional well-being gets attention too, with dedicated mental wellness and activity-based dementia programs that run seven days a week. The care center also takes Medicare and Medicaid, and has won awards like Best of Senior Living and All-Star. Policies are in place to protect against discrimination based on gender identity or orientation.
The property sits in a community where the median income is $79,470 and people have a life expectancy of about 80 years, so it's a stable place with a long history of care. If someone's trying to decide if staying in their own home or making a move is right, the care center can start with an assessment to help weigh those needs. Skilled nursing and memory care are a big focus here, aiming to keep folks as comfortable and independent as possible while making sure medical and personal care needs are covered every day.
