The Ashton on the Plaza

What is The Ashton on the Plaza's Missouri license record?

According to the DHSS LTC Directory, The Ashton on the Plaza in Kansas City is an Assisted Living Facility licensed as Option 2 (ALF**): license 052908, 96 beds, and a disclosed Alzheimer's special care unit.

The licensee of record is The Plaza Facility Operator LLC. Its current license term began July 24, 2025 and runs through July 23, 2027.

What did Missouri DHSS inspectors find at The Ashton on the Plaza?

Show Me LTC lists 15 inspections and complaint investigations for The Ashton on the Plaza, 5 of them since October 2023. In the 5 most recent it itemizes, Missouri DHSS cited 15 requirements, and 2 of those 5 were deficiency-free.

The cited requirements cluster in building, sanitation and food service (4), staffing, training and screening (3), care and service planning (2). The most recent examples, in the state's wording:

• April 21, 2025 — Prior to allowing any person who has been hired in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position to have contact with any resident, the facility shall, or in the case… (rule class II) Corrected August 5, 2025.
• April 21, 2025 — The facility shall screen residents and staff for tuberculosis as required for long-term care facilities by 19 CSR 20-20.100. (rule class II) Corrected August 5, 2025.
• April 21, 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 August 5, 2025.
• April 21, 2025 — 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 August 5, 2025.
• April 21, 2025 — Records shall be maintained upon receipt and disposition of all controlled substances and shall be maintained separately from other records, for two (2) years. (A)… (rule class II) Corrected August 5, 2025.

Missouri tags each rule by class: Class I guards against imminent danger, Class II relates 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 The Ashton on the Plaza's license with Missouri DHSS?

Search the Show Me Long Term Care portal by county, then open The Ashton on the Plaza's record to see every inspection date and the requirements cited.

1. Open Show Me Long Term Care (Missouri DHSS).
2. Choose JACKSON in the County box and click ShowMeResults!
3. Select ASHTON ON THE PLAZA, THE at level ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OPTION 2.
4. Click any inspection date to read the requirements DHSS cited and when they were corrected.

The portal has no per-facility link. The license number to match is 052908 in the DHSS LTC Directory.

What does an Option 2 assisted living license mean for residents at The Ashton on the Plaza?

As an Option 2 assisted living facility, The Ashton on the Plaza 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 with added staffing to assist in evacuations and an individualized evacuation plan in the resident's service plan. Missouri assisted living follows a social model of care and may keep a resident only if that person doesn't need hospitalization or skilled nursing placement (19 CSR 30-86).

Does The Ashton on the Plaza have a memory care unit?

Yes. The Ashton on the Plaza has disclosed an Alzheimer's special care unit to DHSS.

Missouri has no separate memory care license. Under RSMo 198.510 a facility offering an Alzheimer's special care unit must file a disclosure with DHSS describing what makes the care suited to people with dementia, and give it to the family at admission. Ask for it before you tour.

Where is The Ashton on the Plaza and what's nearby in Kansas City, MO?

The Ashton on the Plaza is at 2 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd in Kansas City, MO 64112 (Jackson County, MO), part of the metro's Kansas City (south of river) area. It is one of 31 licensed assisted living or residential care facilities with an address in Kansas City, MO.

Hospitals families in Kansas City (south of the river) use most include Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Research Medical Center, University Health Truman Medical Center. Ask which hospital residents are usually sent to and whether staff send records ahead.

Other licensed communities nearby:

• McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff Assisted Living — Kansas City, MO, 164 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)
• Rockhill Manor Assisted Living — Option 1 — Kansas City, MO, 154 beds, Assisted Living (Option 1)
• The Gardens at Barry Road (8300 NW Barry Road) — Kansas City, MO, 124 beds, Assisted Living (Option 1)
• American House Burlington Creek — Kansas City, MO, 110 beds, Assisted Living (Option 2)

More on care options here: Kansas City assisted living guide.

What does assisted living cost at a community like The Ashton on the Plaza?

Assisted living in the Kansas City metro typically runs $3,200–$5,800/mo in 2026 and memory care $4,500–$7,800/mo; The Ashton on the Plaza doesn't report its rates to Missouri DHSS, so ask for a written rate sheet.

At 96 beds, The Ashton on the Plaza is a mid-sized community. Larger buildings often price care in levels, smaller ones lean toward all-inclusive rates, so ask which model is used and what moves a resident to the next level. Because the building is in Missouri, the public help that applies is MO HealthNet (including the Aged and Disabled Waiver), which can pay for care services for eligible residents but not room and board, and not every community accepts it. See Kansas City memory care costs.

What should you ask when touring The Ashton on the Plaza?

Start with the topics Missouri DHSS has cited at The Ashton on the Plaza, then confirm staffing, the move-out line and the full monthly cost.

• Building, sanitation or food-service rules were cited. Walk the kitchen and laundry and ask what was fixed.
• Staffing, training or delegation rules were cited. Ask for the awake-overnight staffing level and how new aides are trained.
• Service-plan or assessment rules were cited. Ask how often your parent's plan is reviewed and who signs off on changes.
• 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.
• 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 The Ashton on the Plaza compare with other assisted living in Jackson County, MO?

By licensed assisted living capacity, The Ashton on the Plaza is the 3rd-largest of 41 assisted living and residential care licenses in Jackson County, MO.

Comparing across State Line? Missouri and Kansas license assisted living differently, so a bed count in one state isn't the same license as in the other. See every licensed option in the Kansas City assisted living directory.