The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living

What is The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living's Missouri license record?

Missouri's Section for Long-Term Care Regulation licenses The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living (license 053452) as an Assisted Living Facility licensed as Option 2 (ALF**) for 61 residents, with a disclosed Alzheimer's special care unit.

The licensee of record is The Bishop Spencer Place, Inc. Its current license term began March 29, 2026 and runs through March 28, 2028.

What did Missouri DHSS inspectors find at The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living?

Show Me LTC lists 7 inspections and complaint investigations for The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living, 3 of them since October 2023. In the 3 most recent it itemizes, Missouri DHSS cited 7 requirements, and 1 of those 3 were deficiency-free.

The cited requirements cluster in fire safety and evacuation (4), building, sanitation and food service (2). The most recent examples, in the state's wording:

• June 3, 2025 — Protective oversight shall be provided twenty-four (24) hours a day. For residents departing the premises on voluntary leave, the facility shall have, at a minimum, a… (rule class I/II) Corrected July 30, 2025.
• February 6, 2024 — Residential care facilities and facilities formerly licensed as residential care facilities II whose plans were initially approved between December 31, 1987 and… (rule class II) Corrected March 22, 2024.
• February 6, 2024 — Complete Fire Alarm Systems. (D) All facilities shall have inspections and written certifications of the complete fire alarm system completed by an approved qualified… (rule class I/II) Corrected March 22, 2024.
• February 6, 2024 — Sprinkler Systems. (B) Facilities that have a sprinkler system installed prior to August 28, 2007, shall inspect, maintain, and test these systems in accordance with… (rule class I/II) Corrected March 22, 2024.
• February 6, 2024 — At all times, including while being stored, prepared, displayed, served or transported to or from the facility, food shall be protected from potential contamination,… (rule class II/III) Corrected March 22, 2024.

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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living's license with Missouri DHSS?

Search the Show Me Long Term Care portal by county, then open The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living'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 BISHOP SPENCER PLACE, INC, 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 053452 in the DHSS LTC Directory.

What does an Option 2 assisted living license mean for residents at The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living?

As an Option 2 assisted living facility, The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living 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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living have a memory care unit?

Yes. The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living 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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living and what's nearby in Kansas City, MO?

The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living is at 4301 Madison Ave in Kansas City, MO 64111 (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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living?

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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living doesn't report its rates to Missouri DHSS, so ask for a written rate sheet.

At 61 beds, The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living is a smaller 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 Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living?

Start with the topics Missouri DHSS has cited at The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living, then confirm staffing, the move-out line and the full monthly cost.

• Fire-safety or emergency rules were cited. Ask to see the current fire drill log and how night staff would evacuate a resident who can't walk.
• Building, sanitation or food-service rules were cited. Walk the kitchen and laundry and ask what was fixed.
• 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.
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing facility?
• What is included in the base rate, and what triggers a higher care level?
• Does the community accept MO HealthNet or VA Aid and Attendance?

How does The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living compare with other assisted living in Jackson County, MO?

By licensed assisted living capacity, The Bishop Spencer Place — Assisted Living is the 19th-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.