Tutera Senior Living & Health Care Communities

Tutera Senior Living & Health Care is a senior living and nursing care operator based in the Kansas City area. Dominic F. Tutera, M.D., founded the company as the Tutera Group in 1985. It operates senior living communities offering independent living, assisted living and memory care, as well as skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers for short-term recovery after a hospital stay or long-term nursing care. Its website lists 103 locations.

This directory includes about 100 Tutera locations. Illinois has the largest number, followed by Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and Iowa. Smaller groups are located in Tennessee, Nebraska, Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma and a few other states. Roughly 4 in 10 are skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, and their directory pages identify them accordingly. The remaining locations are senior living communities. Some offer independent living only, while others combine assisted living and memory care.

Tutera offers two named programs across its buildings. Thrive in the Courtyard provides memory care, while Lotus Rapid Recovery provides short-term rehabilitation. The company also uses YOUNITE, a life-history survey that helps staff plan each resident's routine. Rates and admission rules vary between senior living and nursing care. Families should ask each location which levels of care it offers, how monthly or daily rates are set, and which insurance or Medicaid programs it accepts.