MorningStar at River Oaks is Designed for Your Safety and Wellbeing

At MorningStar at River Oaks, we are committed to provide the best senior living Houston has to offer, and our beautiful community was designed from the ground up to ensure our cherished residents’ safety and wellbeing. One of the ways we do this is by providing each of our assisted living and memory care residents with around-the-clock care from our compassionate team of care managers. This includes assistance with the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as dressing, grooming, bathing, and eating. Each of our care managers is hired for their loving nature and their desire to serve seniors.

Our medication care managers/QMAPs are another way we help to keep our residents safe. In fact, a National Institutes of Health study found that 40% of seniors aged 65 and older take five or more prescription medications, and 90% take at least one prescription. The same study reports that as many as 55% of seniors take their medications incorrectly. MorningStar’s med managers will oversee both the ordering and supervised administration of a resident’s medications.

Each MorningStar at River Oaks’ assisted living suites is equipped with a 24-hour emergency call system. In addition, all have high-end finishes, handicap-accessible bathrooms as well as wall-to-wall carpeting, floor-to-ceiling windows and lots of lighting. Of course, our entire community is handicap accessible with wide doorways, spacious common areas and hallways.

The Reflections Neighborhood, our memory care area, is designed to enhance the quality of life for our most tender residents and features clear wayfinding; and safe, inviting common areas. As such, it means we can encourage and support independence as much as possible and let residents move freely about their environment including an enclosed patio and courtyard. In fact, every aspect of our community from the physical design to a range of purposeful activities, food service, security and more offers memory care residents a comfortable, stress-free lifestyle.

If you are looking for a community with an exceptional care team along with luxury amenities and services unmatched by other senior living in Houston, please contact us or visit our website to learn more about MorningStar at River Oaks.

Our mission statement of “to honor, to serve, to invest” sets us apart from other senior living Houston offers. We have built a foundation on honoring God, valuing our seniors and selecting staff with a felt calling to serve. Set in a warm, loving atmosphere with beautiful surroundings and resort-style amenities, MorningStar at River Oaks provides outstanding assisted living and memory care.

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