Oak Park Care Center

    6637 Berthold Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63139
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Welcomed, cared for, highly recommend

    I felt welcomed and well cared for - the staff are knowledgeable, professional, loving and responsive, and admissions made my transition smooth. The building is very clean, residents are pleasant, and the rehab/nursing team empowered independence and gave me real peace of mind. I'm very satisfied and would recommend this facility to friends and family.

    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

    2.75·(44)

    Overall rating

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

      2.1
    • Staff

      2.7
    • Meals

      1.7
    • Amenities

      2.6
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive direct-care staff
    • Skilled and effective rehabilitation/therapy team
    • Engaging activities program
    • Nursing that supports resident independence
    • Clean and well-kept common areas in some units
    • Spacious resident rooms
    • Supportive admissions transition in positive cases
    • Responsive administrators in some instances
    • Respectful and comforting staff–resident interactions
    • Peaceful environment noted by families

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels, especially evenings and off-shifts
    • Medication-administration and documentation vulnerabilities
    • Weak family and interdepartmental communication systems
    • Inadequate clinical supervision and post-fall response gaps
    • Variable food quality and lack of menu transparency
    • Inconsistent sanitation and odor-control in parts of the facility
    • Unprofessional staff conduct and distraction (phone use, on-site smoking)
    • High leadership turnover and scheduling/contract-compliance issues
    • Maintenance and building-repair backlogs
    • Admissions and marketing accuracy concerns
    • Questionable personnel-management and termination practices

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews portray a facility with meaningful strengths alongside persistent operational weaknesses. Positive accounts emphasize a core of compassionate, hands-on caregivers, a capable rehabilitation team, and an activities program that engages residents. Several families described nursing staff who encourage independence and an admissions process that felt supportive and smooth. In those accounts the building presented as clean, quiet, and reassuring.

    Care quality appears inconsistent across shifts and units. While some reviewers praised attentive clinical staff and thoughtful explanations of care, others described delays in medication administration, gaps in documentation, and concerns about post-fall response and supervision. These trends point to variable clinical oversight and uneven staffing coverage, particularly in evenings and off-hours, which can affect timeliness of care and monitoring.

    Staffing and conduct are mixed themes. Many reviewers characterize direct-care staff as kind, attentive, and respectful, and some singled out individual nurses for compassionate care. Conversely, there are repeated comments about staff distraction (personal phone use), on-site smoking near entrances, curt or dismissive communication with families, and occasional unprofessional behavior. Leadership instability — short tenures for administrators and directors of nursing — and complaints about scheduling, contract compliance, and personnel practices contribute to perceptions of inconsistency in management.

    Dining and daily-living routines show variability. The activities program and social engagement receive favorable mentions, but meal quality and service consistency are uneven: complaints include cold meals, identical meal presentations for all residents, absence of posted menus, and insufficient dining seating at times. These operational lapses affect resident choice and satisfaction with the dining experience.

    Facility upkeep is described as both adequate and problematic depending on the reviewer. Positive observations note clean floors and a well-kept appearance in parts of the building. Other comments identify sanitation and odor-control concerns in specific areas, maintenance delays (walls/mold, lighting, vending machines, door guards), and smoke seeping into shared spaces. These mixed impressions suggest that environmental standards may vary by unit or shift.

    Management and communications are recurring concerns. Families reported difficulties reaching staff by phone, voicemail overloads, and inconsistent responses from admissions or administration. There are also serious allegations about personnel-management practices and possible medication-control weaknesses; these claims warrant careful inquiry by prospective families and regulatory oversight as appropriate.

    Overall pattern: experiences range from highly positive to significantly problematic. The facility has clear strengths in staff compassion, therapy services, and activities, but also shows systemic issues in staffing consistency, clinical oversight, communication, dining operations, and maintenance. Prospective residents and families should conduct in-person tours, ask specific questions about staffing ratios by shift, medication administration protocols and documentation, post-fall procedures, turnover rates for leadership, smoking policy enforcement, menu offerings, and recent maintenance records. Seeking references from current families and reviewing recent inspection reports will help clarify whether the facility’s positive elements are consistent and whether the operational gaps have been addressed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Oak Park Care Center is located at 6637 Berthold Ave, Saint Louis, MO, 63139.

    About Oak Park Care Center

    Oak Park Care Center sits in Richmond Heights, Missouri, and has been in business since 1998, though the Better Business Bureau opened its file for the facility in 2005. Oak Park Care Center has a BBB rating of A+ even though it's not a BBB Accredited Business, and falls under the business category of a Nursing Home in the MGM Healthcare network of communities. The facility offers both semi-private and private rooms, as well as studios in different layouts, and the building has shared common areas so residents can spend time together, enjoy meals in the communal dining room, or join in on field trips and organized activities that help people stay engaged. Oak Park Care Center features a nutrition specialist to help with health and well-being, nurses on staff to provide medical support, and a caring staff focused on daily needs, therapy, and personalized care.

    Skilled nursing care, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and hospice care services are available, and memory care is provided in a specialized unit for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, focusing on safety and improving daily life. There's on-site therapy, including physical and occupational therapy, and outpatient rehabilitation for those coming in for therapy but not staying overnight. Residents receiving hospice care get help with comfort and end-of-life needs, and the care team handles a range of medical and rehabilitative support. Salon services, organized programs, and outings add to the list of amenities. Oak Park Care Center, administered by Ms. Tracy Unger and Meagan Martorelli, also received a 1-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for its nursing home care, which is a fact those looking into the facility may want to consider. The center aims for a safe and comfortable place with services to support both physical and social well-being for its residents.

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    Oak Park Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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