Bethesda Hawthorne Place

What is Bethesda Hawthorne Place's Missouri license record?

According to the DHSS LTC Directory, Bethesda Hawthorne Place in St. Louis is an Assisted Living Facility licensed as Option 2 (ALF**): license 052450, 66 beds, and an Alzheimer's special care unit of 60 beds.

The licensee of record is Bethesda Long Term Care, Inc. Its current license term began January 27, 2025 and runs through January 26, 2027.

What did Missouri DHSS inspectors find at Bethesda Hawthorne Place?

Show Me LTC lists 10 inspections and complaint investigations for Bethesda Hawthorne Place, 3 of them since October 2023. In the 3 most recent it itemizes, DHSS cited 0 requirements, and 3 of those 3 inspections were deficiency-free.

How do you verify Bethesda Hawthorne Place on Show Me Long Term Care?

Search Missouri DHSS's Show Me Long Term Care portal by county, then pick Bethesda Hawthorne Place 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 BETHESDA HAWTHORNE PLACE 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 052450 in the DHSS LTC Directory.

What does an Option 2 assisted living license mean for residents at Bethesda Hawthorne Place?

As an Option 2 assisted living facility, Bethesda Hawthorne Place 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 Bethesda Hawthorne Place to show you what an evacuation plan would look like for your parent.

Does Bethesda Hawthorne Place have a memory care unit?

Yes. Bethesda Hawthorne Place has disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit to DHSS covering 60 of its 66 licensed beds (91%).

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 Bethesda Hawthorne Place and what's nearby in St. Louis, MO?

Bethesda Hawthorne Place is at 1111 South Berry Road in St. Louis (63122), 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
• Mother of Perpetual Help Residence — St. Louis, 160 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)

What does assisted living cost at a community like Bethesda Hawthorne Place?

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

At 66 beds, Bethesda Hawthorne Place is a smaller community. 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 Bethesda Hawthorne Place?

Confirm staffing, the move-out line and the full monthly cost, and ask to see Bethesda Hawthorne Place's most recent DHSS inspection report.

• 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.
• Which care needs would require a move to skilled nursing?
• What is included in the base rate, and what triggers a higher care level?
• Does the community accept the Aged and Disabled Waiver or VA Aid and Attendance?
• What is the awake-overnight caregiver-to-resident ratio?
• How long have the administrator and the head of nursing been in their roles?

How does Bethesda Hawthorne Place compare with other assisted living in St. Louis County?

By licensed capacity, Bethesda Hawthorne Place is the 37th-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.