Mother of Perpetual Help Residence

What is Mother of Perpetual Help Residence's Missouri license record?

According to the DHSS LTC Directory, Mother of Perpetual Help Residence in St. Louis is an Assisted Living Facility licensed as Option 2 (ALF**): license 053926, 160 beds, and an Alzheimer's special care unit of 56 beds.

The licensee of record is Mother of Perpetual Help Residence, Inc. Its current license term began July 2, 2026 and runs through July 1, 2028.

What did Missouri DHSS inspectors find at Mother of Perpetual Help Residence?

Show Me LTC lists 11 inspections and complaint investigations for Mother of Perpetual Help Residence, 5 of them since October 2023. In the 5 most recent it itemizes, DHSS cited 17 requirements, and 1 of those 5 inspections were deficiency-free.

The cited requirements cluster in staffing, training and screening (5), fire safety and evacuation (5), medication management (3). Examples, in DHSS's wording:

• September 23, 2025 — The administrator shall develop and implement a safe and effective system of medication control and use, which assures that all residents ' medications are… (rule class I/II) Corrected December 4, 2025.
• September 23, 2025 — The administrator shall maintain on the premises an individual personnel record on each facility employee, which shall include the following: (I) Written statement… (rule class III) Corrected December 4, 2025.
• November 19, 2024 — The facility may admit or retain an individual for residency in an assisted living facility only if the individual does not require hospitalization or skilled nursing… (rule class II) Corrected February 3, 2025.
• November 19, 2024 — Staffing Requirements. (A) The facility shall have an adequate number and type of personnel for the proper care of residents, the residents ' social well being,… (rule class III) Corrected February 3, 2025.

Each rule carries a class tag: Class I standards guard against imminent danger, Class II relate directly to resident health and safety, Class III indirectly (RSMo 198.085). The tag describes the rule, not harm that occurred.

How do you verify Mother of Perpetual Help Residence on Show Me Long Term Care?

Search Missouri DHSS's Show Me Long Term Care portal by county, then pick Mother of Perpetual Help Residence from the results to see every inspection date and the requirements cited.

1. Open Show Me Long Term Care (Missouri DHSS).
2. Choose SAINT LOUIS in the County box and click ShowMeResults!
3. Select MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP RESIDENCE, INC at level ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OPTION 2.
4. Click any inspection date to read the requirements DHSS cited and the dates they were corrected.

The portal has no per-facility link, so these four steps are the shortest route to the official record. The license number to match is 053926 in the DHSS LTC Directory.

What does an Option 2 assisted living license mean for residents at Mother of Perpetual Help Residence?

As an Option 2 assisted living facility, Mother of Perpetual Help Residence may serve residents who can't evacuate the building on their own, as long as it staffs for evacuations and writes an individualized evacuation plan into each such resident's service plan.

DHSS describes this level as a facility that may accept or retain residents with an impairment that prevents their safe evacuation, but only if it meets added staffing requirements to assist in evacuations and includes an individualized evacuation plan in the resident's service plan. Missouri assisted living follows a social model of care and may admit or keep a resident only if that person doesn't need hospitalization or skilled nursing placement (19 CSR 30-86). If your parent's needs grow past that line, the next step is usually a skilled nursing facility.

53 of the 64 assisted living and residential care licenses in St. Louis County hold Option 2. Ask Mother of Perpetual Help Residence to show you what an evacuation plan would look like for your parent.

Does Mother of Perpetual Help Residence have a memory care unit?

Yes. Mother of Perpetual Help Residence has disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit to DHSS covering 56 of its 160 licensed beds (35%).

Missouri has no separate memory care license. Under RSMo 198.510, a facility that offers an Alzheimer's special care unit or program must file a disclosure with DHSS describing what makes the care suited to people with dementia, and must give a copy to the resident and family at admission. Ask for that disclosure before you tour, then compare it with what you see: secured doors, daily structure, and how staff redirect someone who is anxious or trying to leave.

Where is Mother of Perpetual Help Residence and what's nearby in St. Louis, MO?

Mother of Perpetual Help Residence is at 7609 Watson Road in St. Louis (63119), in Central County (St. Louis County). It is one of 29 licensed assisted living or residential care facilities with a St. Louis address.

Hospitals families in this part of the metro use most include SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Ask which hospital residents are usually sent to, and whether staff send records ahead.

Other licensed communities nearby:

• Laclede Commons — St. Louis, 232 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2), Alzheimer's unit
• Cedarhurst of Tesson Heights — St. Louis, 141 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)
• McKnight Place Assisted Living and Memory Care (Assisted Living (Option 2)) — St. Louis, 120 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)
• Mattis Pointe Assisted Living — St. Louis, 120 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2), Alzheimer's unit

What does assisted living cost at a community like Mother of Perpetual Help Residence?

Assisted living in Greater St. Louis typically runs $3,400–$5,200/mo in 2026 and memory care $4,400–$6,400/mo; Mother of Perpetual Help Residence doesn't report its rates to DHSS, so ask for a written rate sheet.

At 160 beds, Mother of Perpetual Help Residence is one of the larger communities in the metro. Larger buildings often price care in levels or points, while smaller ones lean toward all-inclusive rates, so ask which model is used and what moves a resident to the next level. Memory care units usually carry a separate, higher rate. Missouri's Aged and Disabled Waiver can help pay for personal care for eligible residents but never covers room and board, and not every facility accepts it. See St. Louis memory care costs for the full breakdown.

What should you ask when touring Mother of Perpetual Help Residence?

Start with the topics DHSS has cited at Mother of Perpetual Help Residence, then confirm staffing, the move-out line, and the full monthly cost.

• Staffing or training rules were cited. Ask for the awake-overnight staffing level and how new hires are screened and trained.
• DHSS cited fire-safety or evacuation rules here. Ask to see the current fire drill log and the plan of correction, and how night staff would evacuate a resident who can't walk.
• Medication rules were cited. Ask who passes medications on each shift, how errors are logged, and what changed after the citation.
• Ask to see a sample individualized evacuation plan and the overnight staffing that supports it.
• Ask for the Alzheimer's special care disclosure filed with DHSS and how many residents live in the unit today.
• How long have the administrator and the head of nursing been in their roles?
• Which care needs would require a move to skilled nursing?

How does Mother of Perpetual Help Residence compare with other assisted living in St. Louis County?

By licensed capacity, Mother of Perpetual Help Residence is the 2nd-largest of 64 assisted living and residential care licenses in St. Louis County, and 40 of those 64 have disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit.

See every licensed option in the St. Louis assisted living directory or the memory care directory.