What assisted living actually costs here
One rate for each level of care, published here rather than quoted on a tour. Two charges sit outside it, and both are on this page. There is no third.
Three levels, one rate each
Every level includes the room, three home-cooked meals a day plus snacks, housekeeping, laundry, awake overnight staff and medication management. The level only changes how much hands-on help is given, never what is covered.
Level 1
Minimal assistance
Mostly independent, and safer with supervision and light support on hand.
What this level covers Daily supervision and safety monitoring, medication reminders and light assistance, stand-by help with bathing, dressing and grooming, and monitoring for low to moderate fall risk.
Level 2
Moderate assistance
Where most of our residents start
Regular hands-on support and closer daily oversight.
Everything in Level 1, and Hands-on bathing, dressing and toileting, full medication administration, mobility support and transfers, increased fall-risk supervision, continence care, support with short-term memory loss, and coordination with home health, therapy and hospice teams.
Level 3
Higher assistance
Consistent, frequent support, short of skilled nursing care.
Everything in Levels 1 and 2, and Full assistance with all daily activities, two-person assist for mobility, close supervision for high fall risk, strict medication compliance monitoring, routine external ostomy care following a nurse's assessment, and enhanced physician and hospice coordination.
We assess before anyone moves in and tell you the level then, not after.
The whole bill, for one resident
Worked out at Level 2, because that is where most residents sit. Swap in the rate for Level 1 or 3 and nothing else about the arithmetic changes.
Families are usually most anxious about the charge they have not been told about yet. There isn't one. This is the list.
Monthly rateRoom, meals, care, laundry, utilities
$5,400
Admission feeOnce, at move-in
$2,500
Incontinence careOnly if it is needed
+$500/mo
Everything elseMedication, housekeeping, activities, coordination
Nothing
First monthOr $8,400 with incontinence care
$7,900
Every month afterOr $5,900 with incontinence care
$5,400
Your rate is fixed for 12 months
The published rate for your level is held for the first 12 months. Not a discount, and not an introductory rate that steps up later.
Texas does not require an assisted living facility to give any notice at all before raising its rates. There is no notice period in the state's rules and none in the Residents' Bill of Rights. So this is a commitment we are making, not a rule we are following, which is exactly why it is written into the residency agreement and not only onto this page.
- What is held
- The published monthly rate for the level your relative is admitted at, for 12 months from move-in.
- What is not a rise
- If care needs genuinely change and the level changes, you move to the published rate for the new level. That is a different service, not a price increase, and every level is listed above. It can move down as well as up.
- The one exception
- If incontinence care becomes necessary partway through, that is charged at the published +$500/mo and is not covered by the lock. It is a separate service rather than a rise in the rate, it is on the fee schedule below, and we will tell you before it starts rather than after. That is the only thing that can be added to your monthly bill during the 12 months.
- After 12 months
- If rates change you get 60 days' written notice, in time to do something about it. Ask everywhere else you tour what notice they give, because the answer is often none.
- Where it is written
- In the residency agreement you sign, alongside the rate itself. A promise that lives only on a website is not worth much.
Why “$4,299 a month” is rarely $4,299 a month
Larger communities quote a base rent, then add a level-of-care fee, then bill medication management separately. Here is the same resident, priced both ways.
| What you actually pay each month | Typical community | Daraan |
|---|---|---|
| Base rentThe number they advertise | $4,299 | Included |
| Level-of-care feeModerate hands-on daily support | + $1,840 | Included |
| Medication managementOften billed by complexity | + ~$300 | Included |
| Meals, housekeeping and laundry | Included | Included |
| Incontinence care, if neededWe charge for this too. We are not pretending otherwise. | Usually billed separately | + $500 |
| True monthly cost | ~$6,439 | $5,400Everything above, one number |
| Over a year | ~$77,300 | $64,800About $12,500 less |
| Caregivers per resident | 1 to 8 Up to 1 to 20 at some communities | 1 to 2 |
| One-time move-in fee | $1,000 – $15,000 | $2,500 |
| Re-assessed and re-priced as needs change | Common | Rate quoted up front |
How we built this comparison. The base rent is a real published starting rate for an assisted living community in Conroe. The level-of-care and medication figures are standard industry add-on tiers. Every place prices differently, and small residential homes in particular vary a great deal, some of them cheaper than us. So ask anywhere you tour for a complete written fee schedule, including what happens when care needs increase. That is the honest way to compare, and we are happy to be compared.
Is it cheaper to keep her at home?
Usually not, once the care is round the clock. Help at home is charged by the hour, so the cost tracks the hours, and most families are surprised how few hours a month of care actually buys.
| Option | Hours covered | Typical monthly cost in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Help at home, about 44 hours a weekRoughly six hours a day | 26% of the week | ~$5,720 |
| Help at home, around the clockThe same hourly rate, applied to every hour | 100% of the week | ~$21,800 |
| Daraan, Level 2One monthly rate | 100% of the week | $5,400 |
Where these figures come from. The home-care rate is the Texas median for a home health aide at roughly 44 hours a week, from the CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025. The around-the-clock figure applies that same published hourly rate to a full week; it is arithmetic, not a quote. Real agency rates vary, overnight and weekend hours often cost more, and live-in arrangements are priced differently again. Get a written quote from a home care agency before deciding anything on these numbers.
Care at home is charged on top of a household that is already running.
The mortgage or the rent, the utilities, the groceries, the insurance, the upkeep: all of it carries on. Our rate already includes the room, the meals, the laundry, the housekeeping and the utilities. When you compare, compare the whole household bill and not just the care line.
None of which means home is the wrong answer. For plenty of people it is exactly right, particularly when family live nearby and the help needed is a few hours a day. It stops being the cheaper answer at the point where someone needs a person there overnight, and that is usually the point at which families start calling us.
Four questions to ask everywhere you tour
Including here. A place that answers these plainly is telling you something, and so is a place that does not.
- The fee schedule
- Ask for it in writing: base rent, every care tier, medication management, incontinence supplies, transport, and the community fee. If it is hard to get, that is information too.
- What triggers a re-price
- Many communities re-assess residents periodically and move them up a tier, which raises the bill. Ask how often, who decides, and what the increase has averaged over the last two years.
- The ratio at 3am
- Daytime ratios flatter everyone. Ask how many caregivers are awake and on the floor overnight, and how many residents they cover.
- What happens if needs outgrow you
- Every home has a ceiling, ours included. Ask what falls outside it, who decides, how much notice you would get, and whether they will help you find the next place.
Everything that is not the monthly rate
The complete list, in the same order we would read it to you over the phone.
- $2,500
- Admission fee, once.Deposit, onboarding and community-related costs. Charged at move-in and not again.
- +$500/mo
- Incontinence care.Only when it is needed, and we will tell you before it starts rather than after.
- $200–$300/day
- Short-term and respite stays.Priced by the day, depending on the level of care required. If a short stay becomes a permanent move within 60 days, what you paid for it comes off the admission fee. More on respite stays.
- No fee
- Moving between care levels.You move to the published rate for the new level, and never before we have talked it through with you.
What is deliberately not on that list: medication management fees, meal plan upcharges, housekeeping or laundry charges, activity fees, care re-assessment fees, and separate charges for coordinating with home health and hospice. Those are all part of looking after someone, so they are part of the rate.
Bring us a competitor’s quote.
We mean it. Bring the fee schedule from anywhere else you are considering and we will walk through it line by line with you. If they are the better value for your situation, we will tell you.
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