Willows At Leander

Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.

License + contact information

Phone: (847) 331-3989 · Official site

Who operates Willows At Leander, and how large is it?

Willows At Leander is licensed to Willows at Leander LLC, with 16 licensed places in total, the 125th-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.

HHSC first licensed it on August 8, 2024, so it is one of the newer buildings in the market; ask about staff tenure, since a new community is still building its team.

Small residential-style assisted living and memory care home on Leander Drive, near the older centre of Leander. The operator describes person-centred dementia care with individualised care plans and prepared meals. Note that the contact number published on the operator's own site carries an Illinois area code; confirm current contact details directly.

Willows At Leander LLC gives its address as 801 Leander Dr., Leander, Texas 78641. Its contact details publish a phone number with an Illinois 847 area code, 847-331-3989, which appears consistently on the home page, services page and contact block; it is reproduced here as published rather than corrected. The site describes a small assisted living and memory care home rather than a multi-wing community, and says the founders drew on more than 25 years of healthcare experience and on multigenerational household experience. It states the service area covers all cities in Central Texas.

Five services are published: person-centred care with individual care plans; engaging activities including art therapy, music therapy, exercise classes, gardening and local outings; nutritious meals prepared by chefs to specific dietary needs; supportive staff available 24/7 for daily tasks, medication management and emotional support; and family involvement through regular communication, visits and participation in care planning meetings. The site also publishes an eligibility page, an assessment booking page and a referrals page. No Texas assisted living licence number, facility type designation or ownership detail beyond the LLC name is published, and the site does not state whether the memory care unit is certified.

What could not be confirmed from the operator's own site is substantial: staffing ratios, whether outdoor space is secured, and the licence status. Photo gallery and amenities pages exist, and the front door for families is the schedule-an-assessment form. This is a thin site for a health-related decision, and a family should ask directly about licensing and secured space.

What does Willows At Leander's Type B license mean for a resident?

Willows At Leander holds a Type B license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, need attendance at night or need help transferring, as long as they are not permanently bedfast.

Type B is the license most Austin-area communities hold, and it is the only one that can carry an Alzheimer's certification.

All or nearly all of its 16 licensed places (16) are Alzheimer's-certified, so this is a dedicated memory care building rather than an assisted living community with a memory care wing.

What do Texas HHSC inspections show for Willows At Leander?

TULIP shows a most recent inspection exit for Willows At Leander on June 30, 2026 and lists no cited state violations in the inspection history it publishes for this license.

A clean published history is a good sign, but it is not a guarantee. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report directly; Texas facilities must make it available on request.

Has Willows At Leander been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?

No. The TULIP record lists no administrative penalties or other enforcement actions for Willows At Leander as of October 24, 2026.

Enforcement in Texas assisted living usually takes the form of an administrative penalty: a fine tied to a specific rule. A blank enforcement record means none is published for this license; it does not mean the community has never been cited, so read it alongside the inspection history above.

Where is Willows At Leander in Leander, and what else is licensed nearby?

Willows At Leander is at 801 Leander Drive, Leander, Texas 78641, in Williamson County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Precious Group Home Care, about 1.6 miles away.

Leander is the far northwest edge of the metro and the thinnest market covered here, with options clustered near Crystal Falls Parkway. Most Leander families end up considering Cedar Park as well, which is close enough to be practical for regular visits.

Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.

How does Willows At Leander compare with other assisted living in Williamson County?

At 16 licensed places, Willows At Leander is 0.4 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 0% of the 3,251 licensed places in Williamson County's 60 facilities.

A smaller building tends to mean the same caregivers every day and a quicker read on a resident's changes; it can also mean less depth when staff are out. Ask who covers nights and weekends and what happens when a regular caregiver is off.

What does assisted living cost near Leander?

Willows At Leander does not publish its rates in the state record, and we do not estimate them. The best published benchmark is the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey Texas median of $5,666 a month ($184 per day) for a private one-bedroom in assisted living, which is a statewide figure, not an Austin one.

Austin's rapid growth, competitive labor market, and newer inventory generally push local pricing above the Texas median. We do not publish an Austin-specific dollar figure because no primary source publishes one. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote.

CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so no authoritative memory care median exists for Texas or for Austin. Any memory care price you see quoted online is an estimate, not survey data. Expect a certified memory care place to cost more than assisted living in the same building.

Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee your parent would be assessed at today, and what moves them to the next level, all in writing. See what senior care costs in the Austin area and how STAR+PLUS can cover assisted living services.

What should you ask on a tour of Willows At Leander?

Bring questions built from the state record rather than the brochure: the record tells you where to push, and a good community answers them without hesitation.

1. How many of your 16 Alzheimer's-certified places are open, and what is the overnight staff ratio inside the secured unit?
2. Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
3. Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
4. What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
5. Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?

How do you verify Willows At Leander's license yourself?

Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 312135; the record shows license status, capacity, inspection citations and any penalties, and it is free and public.

To report a concern about care, call HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake at 1-800-458-9858. For free, confidential advocacy for a resident, call the Capital Area long-term care ombudsman at 512-916-6054.

We are a free referral service and are not affiliated with this community. Licensing data is reproduced from Texas HHSC public records; confirm details directly before deciding.