Brookdale Broken Arrow

Brookdale Broken Arrow sits in a quiet neighborhood and has a friendly, home-like feel, where folks find different levels of help as they age, with independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and even continuing care options all on a single campus, which means people don't have to move if their needs change later on. The staff's on hand 24 hours a day, every day of the week, offering help for emergencies and all kinds of care, with special support for Alzheimer's and dementia, including a safe, purpose-built memory care area with personal touches, soft lights, and special bracelets that set off alarms if someone prone to wandering tries to leave, and all doors have keypad entry for peace of mind. The building itself is easy to get around, with wide halls, wheelchair accessible showers, and plenty of simple, well-furnished spaces, from sunrooms to courtyards, and residents can pick private or companion suites with their own bathrooms, kitchens, or kitchenettes, even walk-in closets, furnished or unfurnished, and some rooms allow pets like dogs or cats, with staff there to help care for them. Meals come three times a day in a dining room that feels more like a restaurant than a cafeteria, with menus chosen by a dietician, and special diets such as low sodium, vegetarian, vegan, and kosher, plus private dining rooms for family visits or special events. There's always something to do, whether it's Tai Chi, yoga, gardening, billiards, art classes, trips out for scenic drives, or brain fitness programs, and you see residents out on the walking paths or in the garden working with visiting kids or joining intergenerational activities and community service. The community's got a library, game room, residents' lounge, beauty and barber shop, and other places to sit and talk, and a full calendar managed by the activity director so nobody gets left out if they want to join in. Staff, including nurses, medication managers, and technicians, help with medication, even injected ones like insulin, and handle things like diabetes care, incontinence care, reminders, and behavioral support, and they're trained to help folks who have harder behaviors, need extra help moving around, or can become easily confused. There are services for home health, on-site skilled care, and help with day-to-day things like bathing, eating, and dressing, as well as counseling, and the place is set up for all sorts of safety needs-emergency systems, call buttons, and 24-hour security-so folks wandering or having trouble always get noticed. People use transportation services for outings or to get to appointments, either free or at a cost, and residents get personal care plans which the staff update as their situation changes, whether they just need a check-in or heavy daily help, whether they're still active or have begun to slow down. There're resident blogs and signature programs from Brookdale, but at the heart it's a smaller-feeling, peaceful place where people can bring pets, enjoy the outdoors, drop in on devotional services, and get to know each other, all with staff always ready close by but letting folks keep as much independence as they want.

Brookdale Broken Arrow 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.