Summit of Uptown is a senior living community located in Park Ridge, Illinois, offering a range of living options including assisted living, independent living, and dedicated memory care services. The community is designed to support older adults with varying needs, providing a selection of personalized care plans and amenities to foster comfort, safety, and engagement. Residents have access to restaurant-style dining, structured wellness programs, and a calendar filled with diverse social activities in a well-maintained, centrally located facility.
Summit of Uptown’s care offerings include access to licensed nurses, ongoing medication management, and support for residents with specialized needs such as diabetes care, incontinence care, and ambulatory assistance. The memory care program features a secured environment designed specifically to support individuals with memory loss and cognitive impairment, emphasizing safety with secured common areas and indoor and outdoor walking paths accommodating safe movement and orientation. Residents in memory care benefit from environments intentionally structured to reduce confusion and provide daily engagement suited to their abilities. Staff receive additional training to support those with psychiatric diagnoses, and the facility accepts individuals with these conditions.
Additional on-site services contribute to residents’ well-being, such as a barber and beauty salon, massage therapy, and podiatry care. Laundry and dry cleaning services are routinely provided. The community also offers group fitness classes and various clubs to nurture residents’ physical and social health. For those needing support with activities of daily living, assistance is available for bathing, eating, dressing, and toileting, covering the full spectrum of each task based on individual requirements.
Summit of Uptown provides complimentary transportation to residents for both medical and non-medical purposes. This service is designed to facilitate appointment attendance, shopping excursions, and participation in community outings, supporting continued connection to the greater Park Ridge area as well as access to essential services.
Resident and family reviews consistently emphasize the skill and compassion demonstrated by all levels of staff, highlighting efficient communication, dignified care—especially within the memory care program—and a vibrant, engaging daily life fostered by well-coordinated activities. While a few express preferences for more open environments or improvements in intake processes, the majority report high satisfaction with the community’s quality, cleanliness, updated amenities, and the personal attention members of the team provide.
Costs at this community start at $2,850 and range up to $9,345. The average price in the community is $6,098, which is more than the average price in the area of $5,549. The cost of assisted living in this area is essentially the same as the cost throughout the state. If the resident needs other services, additional services may increase the monthly cost.
