Assisted Living at MorningStar’s Houston Community

If you are a senior or have a parent or other loved one that needs more daily help to ensure their safety and wellbeing, it may be time to consider an assisted living community. When you begin your search, please add MorningStar at River Oaks to the top of your list. Our beautiful community is in Houston’s popular Upper Kirby district and convenient to medical facilities, shopping, and restaurants as well as other services.

Too often seniors worry that moving into assisted living will result in a loss of independence and freedom. They are afraid that assisted living communities are cold, institutional places that feel more like a hospital or nursing home. Moreover, many mistakenly believe it will mean a loss of privacy and the ability to make their own decisions. At MorningStar at River Oaks, this could not be further from the truth.

What sets MorningStar apart from other senior living in Houston? Along with spacious private suites in a range of configurations and floor plans, a whole host of amenities, and five-star dining, our community also provides care services that help our assisted living residents maintain their sense of independence and dignity.

As we define health and well-being holistically and offer services and programming that supports the whole person: body, mind and spirit, we believe it makes MorningStar a destination for successful aging. In addition, we have a staff that feels it is a privilege to care for seniors and believes in our core values of love, respect, honesty, fairness, goodness, and kindness.

In fact, our goal is to provide a true home for our residents by creating a MorningStar family that includes residents and their families as well as our team members. In addition to our 85 suites for assisted living, our community has 27 suites devoted to the individualized care of residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Please contact us to learn more about our amenities, care services, availability and pricing.

MorningStar is guided by a culture rooted in our mission of honoring God, valuing seniors, and investing in our team, which allows us to deliver services with warmth, sincerity and depth of purpose. We have built a reputation for creating homes filled with an atmosphere of love and community. Please contact us to learn more about the finest senior living Houston offers.

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