Oak Trace is a Life Care senior living community in Downers Grove, Illinois, offering independent living alongside a full continuum of on-site care including assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and on-site dialysis. A recently completed major expansion added new independent living residences in the Burr Oak Expansion Wing with updated floor plans ranging from one-bedroom apartments to two-bedroom townhomes, alongside a thoroughly renovated health center.
Assisted living at Oak Trace is individualized, with personalized support and medication management tailored to each resident's preferences. The memory care program emphasizes knowing residents well as a clinical foundation for dementia care. Skilled nursing residents benefit from around-the-clock oversight and comprehensive wellness programming; the team earned the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Short and Long-Term Care Award. Rehabilitation therapists build programs around each person's recovery goals, and the community offers on-site dialysis treatment, a distinction rare among Chicago-area senior living communities.
The community features more than 40 resident-led social clubs, scenic walking paths throughout the acreage, an indoor pool and hot tub, fitness center, aerobics studio, woodworking shop, art studio, billiards room, two dining venues, salon and spa services, and daily wellness checks. Twice-monthly housekeeping and complimentary local transportation within a 10-mile radius are included as standard services.
Located in Downers Grove between Chicago and Naperville, Oak Trace provides easy access to world-class dining, arts, and cultural institutions in Chicago, as well as restaurants, shops, and the riverfront of downtown Naperville. The Life Care model offers priority access to higher levels of care at predictable costs structured below prevailing market rates.
