5 assisted living communities in ZIP 77478 hold Texas HHSC Alzheimer's certification, with 202 certified beds.
Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC active-license directory and TULIP records
5 assisted living facilities in ZIP 77478 hold an active HHSC Alzheimer's certification, with 202 certified Alzheimer's beds between them, according to the HHSC active-license file as of October 2026. In Texas that certification is what allows an assisted living facility to advertise memory care.
Of these, 2 are certified for every licensed bed, so the whole building is memory care (Barton House, The Auberge at Sugarland - A Memory Care Community); 3 run a certified memory care unit inside a larger assisted living community. In a mixed community, ask how many residents live in the secured unit, how staff there are trained, and whether a resident can move between the two sides as needs change.
1 of the 5 has an HHSC administrative penalty on record, marked in red on the card; open the HHSC record to read what it was for.
7 other assisted living facilities in ZIP 77478 are licensed by HHSC but hold no active Alzheimer's certification, so under Texas rules they may not advertise that they specialize in Alzheimer's or dementia care. All 7 are small homes licensed for 16 or fewer residents. 1 of them uses the words “memory care” in its name without a certificate in the October 2026 file, so ask any facility for its Alzheimer's certificate number and check it on the HHSC record.
Assisted living, even certified memory care, is not a nursing home. When dementia comes with skilled needs (wound care, a feeding tube, two-person transfers, IV therapy), a nursing facility is the right setting. 2 HHSC-licensed nursing facilities operate in ZIP 77478; none reports dedicated Alzheimer's beds in the HHSC nursing file, so ask each how it cares for residents who wander or exit-seek.
Typical 2026 memory care pricing in Greater Houston is $4,500 to $7,800 per month. HHSC does not publish rates, and secured-unit pricing usually depends on the level of care assessed at move-in, so ask each community on this list for a written rate sheet that lists every care-level and medication fee.
Texas Medicaid does not pay room and board in assisted living. The STAR+PLUS Home and Community Based Services waiver can pay for the care portion for people who qualify medically and financially, but only in a facility that holds a STAR+PLUS contract, and the waiver has an interest list. Ask each community directly whether it accepts STAR+PLUS residents in its memory care unit.
Open the HHSC record for each community you like, tour at least two at different times of day, and call us at (346) 385-3815. A Houston Senior Advisor advisor can tell you which certified units in Sugar Land have current openings for your parent's care level, free to families.
Every listing is a provider with an active license from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Long-Term Care Regulation, in Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria and Waller counties.
We re-pull the HHSC files and TULIP records monthly. We do not rate or rank facilities and nothing here is paid placement. Last updated: October 24, 2026. Something out of date? Tell us on the contact page.
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