Smithville Living Center

    106 Hospital Dr, Smithville, MO 64089
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Friendly staff, engaging activities, peaceful

    I feel genuinely cared for here - the staff are friendly and attentive, activities keep me engaged, and the small-town, quiet atmosphere is very relaxing with a personal touch; the decor has a traditional, classic feel that fits the calm vibe.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.00·(9)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.0
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Small-community atmosphere
    • Friendly, attentive staff interactions
    • Personalized, hands-on resident engagement
    • Quiet, relaxing environment
    • Opportunities for resident activities and engagement

    Cons

    • Inconsistent medication management
    • Lack of individualized care planning
    • Inconsistent overall care quality
    • Poor responsiveness and communication from management
    • Staffing instability and staff dissatisfaction
    • Profit-driven operational priorities
    • Aging facilities with maintenance and sanitation concerns
    • Unreliable follow-through on commitments

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews portray a facility with a mixed profile: several reviewers highlight a small‑town, quiet atmosphere and staff who can be friendly and personally attentive, while others raise operational and clinical concerns that materially affect perceived quality of care. Patterns of positive interpersonal interactions and engagement coexist with recurrent complaints about management, clinical processes, and the physical plant.

    Care and clinical practices: Review content suggests uneven clinical oversight. Key operational gaps include inconsistent medication management and an apparent absence of reliable individualized care plans. These deficiencies are associated with broader concerns about inconsistent care quality and delays in meeting resident needs. Prospective families should specifically evaluate medication-administration protocols, care-plan development and review cycles, and how the facility documents and communicates clinical changes.

    Staff and culture: There are contrasting impressions of staff behavior. Some accounts describe friendly, attentive caregivers who provide a personal touch and active engagement. Other accounts point to staff dissatisfaction and indications of staffing instability, which can contribute to variability in service delivery. The combination suggests that resident experience may depend heavily on which staff members are present and on staffing levels at any given time.

    Dining and activities: Reviews reference resident engagement and a personal approach to activities, consistent with the small-community feel. There is no clear, consistent feedback about dining quality in the supplied summaries; neither strong praise nor detailed complaints about meals appear. Families interested in dining should request menus, sample meals when possible, and ask about how dietary needs and medication schedules are coordinated.

    Facilities and environment: The facility is described as quiet and relaxing by some, but reviewers also note aging decor and general maintenance or sanitation concerns. The physical environment appears serviceable in parts but dated overall; attention to cleaning and upkeep is a recurring theme that prospective visitors should inspect during a tour.

    Management and reliability: Management responsiveness is a frequent issue in the summaries: reviewers report unresponsiveness, unmet promises, and a perception that financial considerations take precedence over resident needs. These operational traits manifest as unreliable follow-through and communication gaps between families and leadership. Such patterns can amplify clinical and service-level inconsistencies.

    Notable patterns and guidance: The overall pattern is one of variable performance—strong interpersonal care in some interactions but systemic weaknesses in clinical processes, facilities upkeep, and management responsiveness. Prospective residents and families would benefit from targeted questions about staffing ratios, turnover, medication administration protocols, individualized care-plan procedures, maintenance schedules, complaint resolution processes, and financial/billing policies. Reviewing recent inspection reports and speaking with current families can help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with a prospective resident’s priorities.

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    Location

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    Smithville Living Center is located at 106 Hospital Dr, Smithville, MO, 64089.

    About Smithville Living Center

    Smithville Living Center cares for older adults in a supportive setting and is set to open in Smithville in Spring 2025 at 106 Hospital Drive, offering both private and semi-private rooms, along with fully furnished spaces that have private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, and Wi-Fi. The place has 100 beds and provides several living options, including independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory care for those with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, with secure spaces and round-the-clock supervision to help keep people safe and prevent wandering. Nurses, aides, and other staff give assistance with daily living-like bathing, dressing, and managing medicines-plus they offer help with feeding, toileting, and moving about for folks who need more support, and they help with laundry, housekeeping, and arranging appointments as needed. The team is known for being warm, joyful, and helpful, showing compassion to both residents and visitors alike, and there are always people around to help at any time of the day or night with an emergency call system in place for peace of mind. The center accepts several payment methods, including Medicaid, Medicare, private pay, long-term care insurance, and insurers like AETNA, CIGNA, HUMANA, and UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, which helps more people get the help they need.

    Smithville Living Center offers long-term care, trach care, respite and short-term stays, and skilled nursing, so whether someone needs ongoing support or just help for a little while after a surgery, illness, or injury, the staff is trained for it. They also provide focused care for conditions such as COPD, diabetes, heart problems, end-stage kidney disease, wounds, stroke recovery, C-Diff, VRE, and even veterans with moral injury, and the staff can manage catheters, colostomies, oxygen, tube feedings, and IVs. Physical, occupational, and speech therapies are available, along with help for pain, palliative treatments, wound care, and help learning new skills during recovery, all of which are important for people looking to improve or maintain strength and function. If someone needs hospice care, the staff supports those needs, too.

    Memory care at the center means there are secure units, activities for memory support, therapies, supervised spaces, daily engagement, and therapies to help reduce confusion. They design the memory care program for safety and to keep residents active, offering exercise, social activities, games, arts, and music, plus community-sponsored events and trips out into town when possible. Residents have access to computers, a small library, outdoor gardens, walking paths, and a beauty salon, and the center has a dining room with chef-prepared meals and snacks, with choices for special diets including for folks with diabetes.

    There's a dedicated wellness center and fitness room, plus regular movie nights and entertainment, and the community encourages people to stay involved in planning and running activities, which means residents often have a say in what's happening day to day. Transport and parking are arranged for doctors' visits and errands, and there's help getting to appointments. Bathrooms are set up for wheelchairs, the whole place has air conditioning, and safety is a priority everywhere. Ancillary healthcare staff visit to provide podiatry and other services in the building, and staff work with doctors to keep people as healthy and independent as possible. The environment's friendly and meant to help people keep their independence, with care plans set up for each person based on what they want and need, and the focus stays on respect, safety, and promoting well-being.

    People often ask...

    Smithville Living Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 106 Hospital Dr, Smithville, MO 64089.

    No, Smithville Living Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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