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Photo of The Fountains
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My mom lives at the Fountains and we love having her here. The employees work so hard to make sure everything and every need is taken care of. I'm thankful I have a place I can trust the care of my mom to....
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
The Fountains Assisted Living is a community is Sweeny, Texas. We are located in a safe, secure location on the same campus as Sweeny Community Hospital, Sweeny EMS, Senior Counseling Services and a medical office building. This provides us a quick access to an emergency room and ancillary...
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Solea Copperfield is a new boutique, resort style, 55+ active adult apartment community. A new housing option for those that are ready to live a stress free, maintenance free lifestyle. Live easy, where friendships and laughter fill beautifully designed apartment homes and community spaces. Enjoy...
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Everything besides food and value are 5's. Food and value 4. My Dad is at the highest level and it's really expensive. It's not fancy but the people are really helpful. It stays clean and doesn't smell. Yes...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
If you’re living a mostly independent lifestyle, but you could use an extra hand with some of your day-to-day activities, we can help.With both assisted living and Alzheimer’s and dementia care on one campus, at our senior living community in Houston, Texas, you’ll have the care you need when you...
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They don't know how to make beds! They don't deliver Amazon or open the boxes when asked Burnt toast for breakfast Food can be slow coming to table or waited 20 minutes after order then said they can't do...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Best Personal Care provides a warm and inviting environment in a luxurious, residential home in southwest Houston within walking distance of a beautiful park, neighborhood churches and a buddhist temple. At Best Personal Care, our mission is to enrich the lives of our residents and their...
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My parents have been residents for more than a decade. Mom is still in independent living, but will probably transition to assisted living soon. Dad recently passed after a lengthy stay in the on-campus...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of The Willow
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Solea Wellen Park is a new, resort style, 55 and up, active adult apartment community. Our community is a new housing option for those that are ready to live a stress free, maintenance free lifestyle, but are not ready to slow down! Live easy, where friendships and laughter fill beautifully...
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Ever since finding Veranda House, we have been at ease with leaving our mom here. My family is all so pleased with the amount of activities offered to her. They even take them on field trips! They are so...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Villas
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of independent living in Matthews, TX

The average cost of senior living in Matthews is $3,950 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Sealy, TX with an average of $3,380 per month.

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Matthews, TX vs. nearby cities

Matthews, TX
$3,950/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Matthews, TX vs. the state and national average

Matthews, TX
$3,950/mo
$4,207/mo
U.S. national average
$4,009/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Matthews vs. other types of senior living

$4,630/mo
Independent Living
$3,950/mo

Median monthly costs of Independent Living in Matthews, TX by room type

Semi-Private
$4,035/mo
Studio
$4,515/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,452/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,734/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$3,510/mo

Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about independent living in Matthews

Recent reviews for independent living in Matthews

Optimum Personal Care - Sugar Land

5.0
5 on all of the above categories, it has been an excellent experience at Optimum Personal Care - Sugar Land. The facility is very clean and the staff is very Godly, which meant a lot to our family. I absolutely recommend this facility to anybody looking for assisted living.

Reserve at First Colony in Sugar Land, TX

5.0
You guys have been such a god-send. {name removed} was well taken care of and I appreciate everything through the years that you have done for our family.

Atria Sugar Land

5.0
We toured one afternoon with mom, and stayed for dinner. The community was very nice, the food was great and we made the decision to move in the following week. Everything has been going great! Please call them if you want a nice safe place for your mom or dad.

Matthews independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Matthews independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Matthews, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Matthews independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Matthews partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Matthews, TXNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
27.7%
20.3%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
50%
33.9%
No sugar
No sugar
44.7%
31.3%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
42.6%
33.3%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
10.6%
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Availability of select dining options in Matthews independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Matthews communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Matthews, TXNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
44.7%
36.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
45.7%
43.3%
Room service
Room service
46.8%
36.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
22.3%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Matthews independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Matthews offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Matthews, TXNational
Activity director
Activity director
55.3%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
39.4%
28.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
39.4%
32.6%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
53.2%
49%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60.6%
49.6%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
53.2%
54.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
44.7%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
46.8%
37.5%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
45.7%
41.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
54.3%
47.3%
Live performances
Live performances
54.3%
47%
Dances
Dances
45.7%
32.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
37.2%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
57.4%
46.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Atria Westchase, Sodalis Wharton and Watercrest at Katy are the top-rated independent living facilities near Matthews, Texas. See full list of communities.

There are 105 independent living facilities near Matthews, Texas. See the full list.

The best independent living facilities near you in Matthews, Texas are Atria Westchase, Sodalis Wharton and Watercrest at Katy. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.

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