River Oaks, Upper Kirby and Montrose, Harris County, Texas

Senior living placement near River Oaks: what a family actually needs to know

River Oaks is a residential enclave, so the licensed senior living that serves it sits inside and just around it, along the River Oaks, Upper Kirby and Montrose corridors. The honest picture is a short list of communities, which makes the choice simpler than it looks, and makes the questions you ask each one matter more. Every number below is counted from the state's own licensing file, not from a brochure.

What is actually here, counted from the state's file

Licensed homes
3
Small homes, 16 beds or fewer
1
Larger communities
2
Licensed beds in total
260
Type B licences
3
Type A licences
0

River Oaks, Upper Kirby and Montrose has 1 small licensed home of 16 beds or fewer and 2 larger communities, so a family here is mostly choosing among the larger communities, and the right move is to compare what each one includes at its price rather than assuming they are interchangeable.

Counted from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission directory of licensed assisted living facilities, the state's own published file, read 2026-09-21. Source: apps.hhs.texas.gov/providers/directories/al.xlsx. Licences change; confirm any home's current status before you sign anything.

Questions worth asking first

Are there assisted living communities inside River Oaks itself?

A small number of licensed communities sit inside or directly on the edge of the neighborhood, and this page counts exactly what the state's file shows for zip codes 77019, 77027, 77098 and 77006. Because the list is short, most families searching from River Oaks also look one ring out: Upper Kirby, Montrose, the Museum District, West University and the Medical Center corridor, all of which are minutes away. A short drive should never cost your parent the right fit.

Can you handle a private-pay placement?

Yes. Most placements in this part of Houston are private pay, and that is the cleanest situation legally: our fee is paid by the community your parent moves into, never by you, and we take no fee at all on any placement funded by Medicare or Medicaid. You get that in writing before anything else happens.

What is the difference between a Type A and a Type B assisted living licence in Texas?

It comes down to whether your parent could get themselves out of the building in an emergency. A Type A home serves residents who can evacuate on their own. A Type B home is licensed to serve residents who cannot, including someone who needs staff help to get up, who uses a wheelchair and cannot self-transfer, or who needs overnight attendance. If your parent needs help getting out of bed, you are looking for a Type B home. Ask to see the licence, and check the type on it.

What does assisted living cost near River Oaks?

Houston-area small licensed care homes commonly run somewhere around $2,400 to $3,800 a month, and larger assisted living communities commonly run around $5,100, with memory care and concierge-level service running higher. Those are market ranges, not quotes. Near River Oaks you are mostly choosing among larger communities, so ask each one exactly what the monthly rate includes and what is billed separately, because that is where two communities at the same headline price stop being comparable.

What does your service cost my family?

Nothing. Families pay us nothing, ever. When a family moves into a home in our network, that home pays the placement fee, and we put that in writing to you at the time of the referral under Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 121. The same disclosure tells you that the list we give you may not include every community in the area that fits, and that you can stop using us at any time without penalty.

Hospitals that serve this area

  • Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

Listed by geography only. We hold no referral relationship or partnership with any hospital system.

Every licensed home we hold a page for in River Oaks, Upper Kirby and Montrose

These are state licence records, not endorsements and not paid listings. A home appears here because Texas licenses it, not because it works with us.

Want help narrowing it down?

Tell us what your parent needs and we will come back with homes that actually fit, with the licence type and what each home says about itself. Free for your family, always. You get the Chapter 121 disclosure in writing before anything else happens.

Start with a few questions

Run a licensed home in River Oaks, Upper Kirby and Montrose? List it in the network. Listing is free. The fee is one month's rent, and only if a resident moves in.