St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care

What is St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care's Missouri license record?

Missouri's Section for Long-Term Care Regulation licenses St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care (license 052473) as an Assisted Living Facility licensed as Option 2 (ALF**) for 181 residents, with an Alzheimer's special care unit of 99 beds.

The licensee of record is Auerbach-STL Senior Opco LLC. Its current license term began February 1, 2025 and runs through January 31, 2027.

What did Missouri DHSS inspectors find at St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care?

Show Me LTC lists 16 inspections and complaint investigations for St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care, 6 of them since October 2023. In the 6 most recent it itemizes, DHSS cited 59 requirements across all 6 of them.

The cited requirements cluster in fire safety and evacuation (28), building, sanitation and food service (8), medication management (7). Examples, in DHSS's wording:

• September 26, 2025 — Residents shall receive proper care as defined in the individualized service plan. (rule class I/II) Corrected January 13, 2026.
• March 21, 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 June 3, 2025.
• November 26, 2024 — Complete Fire Alarm Systems. (C) All facilities shall test and maintain the complete fire alarm system in accordance with NFPA 72, 1999 edition. (rule class I/II) Corrected March 7, 2025.
• November 26, 2024 — In newly licensed facilities or if a new heating system is installed in an existing licensed facility, the heating of the building shall be restricted to steam, hot… (rule class I/II) Corrected March 7, 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 St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care on Show Me Long Term Care?

Search Missouri DHSS's Show Me Long Term Care portal by county, then pick St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care 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 CITY in the County box and click ShowMeResults!
3. Select ST LOUIS HILLS ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE 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 052473 in the DHSS LTC Directory.

What does an Option 2 assisted living license mean for residents at St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care?

As an Option 2 assisted living facility, St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care 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.

3 of the 21 assisted living and residential care licenses in City of St. Louis hold Option 2. Ask St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care to show you what an evacuation plan would look like for your parent.

Does St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care have a memory care unit?

Yes. St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care has disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit to DHSS covering 99 of its 181 licensed beds (55%).

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 St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care and what's nearby in St. Louis, MO?

St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care is at 6543 Chippewa St. in St. Louis (63109), in City of St. Louis. It is one of 21 licensed assisted living or residential care facilities with a St. Louis address.

Hospitals families in this part of the metro use most include Barnes-Jewish Hospital, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, the VA St. Louis Health Care System's John Cochran Division. Ask which hospital residents are usually sent to, and whether staff send records ahead.

Other licensed communities nearby:

• Legacy Healthcare Center — St. Louis, 111 beds, Residential Care (RCF I)
• Spring Manor — St. Louis, 94 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)
• St. Elizabeth Hall — St. Louis, 50 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)
• Union Manor — St. Louis, 50 beds, Residential Care (RCF II)

More on care options here: St. Louis assisted living guide.

What does assisted living cost at a community like St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care?

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

At 181 beds, St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care 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 St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care?

Start with the topics DHSS has cited at St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care, then confirm staffing, the move-out line, and the full monthly cost.

• 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.
• Building, sanitation or food-service rules were cited. Walk the kitchen and resident rooms and ask what was repaired.
• 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 St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care compare with other assisted living in City of St. Louis?

By licensed capacity, St. Louis Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care is the 1st-largest of 21 assisted living and residential care licenses in City of St. Louis, and 1 of those 21 have disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit.

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