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Assisted living and memory care community
MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale Avondale, AZ
2635 N Dysart Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392
- Licensed for 195 residents
$5,700 to $7,400 a month
Estimated
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Integrity Senior Placement
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MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale
From the home's website
- Meals: Three meals daily, restaurant-style dining
- Outdoor space: Expansive Courtyards; secure courtyard for memory care
Also on the home's website
- Memory care
- Nurse on staff
- Independent living on campus
- Emergency call system
- Kitchenette
- Transportation
- Housekeeping
- Salon
- Fitness room
- Private dining room
- Courtyard
Address
Location
2635 N Dysart Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392Maricopa County
- Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Park0.2 mi
- Sprouts Farmers Market0.6 mi
- CVS Pharmacy0.1 mi
- Abrazo West CampusClosest hospital, with an emergency room1.2 mi
Arizona state record
What the inspections show
In Arizona, the Department of Health Services licenses assisted living homes and communities, inspects them and looks into complaints. Its record for each one is public on AZ Care Check (this home's record, opens in a new tab).
Licensed in May 2026. AZ Care Check lists no licensing inspection for it. It has not had a routine inspection yet. Among the homes on file, a new home's first routine inspection has come a median of 17 months after its licensing inspection.
One complaint inspection since May 2026 led to a citation.
AZ Care Check lists no enforcement action against this license.
ADHS accepted its plan to correct the deficiency cited since May 2026.
This record starts on May 20, 2026, with a change of ownership inspection. Inspections under an earlier owner are not part of it.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
License detailsLicense ALC20045, valid to May 20, 2027
- License number
- ALC20045
- Facility type
- Assisted living and memory care community
- Name on the license
- MorningStar of Avondale
- Licensed capacity
- 195 residents
- Care level
- Not stated
- Effective
- May 21, 2026
- Expires
- May 20, 2027
- Licensed since
- May 21, 2026
- Manager of record
- Erik Thompson
- Chief administrative officer
- Erik Thompson
- For residents and staff
- (623) 478-3800
The full inspection record2 inspections on file since May 2026, 1 with deficiencies cited.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
2026
July 21, 2026
- Medical records R9-10-811.C.12Plan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
What was cited on July 21, 2026, in plain words
Medical records
Each resident's record: what care and medicine was given and by whom, required notices, and keeping records private.
Complete records let the next caregiver, a doctor or a hospital know what happened.
Cited at 26% of similar communities in the past two years.
Ask on a tour How do caregivers record medicines and care? Can family see the record?
These explain the rule, not what happened. The state's own report is on AZ Care Check.
Our research
Learn more about MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale
Open a section for the details, each with where it came from and when we read it. Checked against state records in September 2026.
Overview
In our words
The building opened in 2018 and was Legacy House of Avondale until April 2026, when it took the MorningStar name. According to MorningStar's website, the company has 40 properties running or being built across 11 states, and Avondale is its fourth in Arizona, along with MorningStar at Arcadia, MorningStar of Fountain Hills and MorningStar at Golden Ridge.
The community's website describes a full-time licensed nurse on staff and 24-hour care staff, with dementia care built around a program called Lavender Sky. As a resident's needs change, they can move between levels of care without changing apartments.
Drive to Avondale at the time your family would usually visit, so you know how long it takes. See who is up and about at that hour.
Highlights
- ADHS licenses the center for 195 residents, covering directed care (capacity 42), personal care (capacity 153) and supervisory care.
- The building opened in 2018 and was Legacy House of Avondale for years before the 2026 rebrand, per the community's website.
- MorningStar's website describes 42 secure memory care suites and a dementia care program it calls Lavender Sky.
- The website lists three other MorningStar communities in Arizona: MorningStar at Arcadia, MorningStar of Fountain Hills and MorningStar at Golden Ridge.
The details
- Operator
- MorningStar Senior Living
- Opened
- 2018
- Sister communities
- MorningStar at Arcadia
- MorningStar of Fountain Hills
- MorningStar at Golden Ridge
- Other names
- Legacy House of Avondale
- Cpreif Avondale Opco LLC
- Company headquarters
- Denver
Care and services
In our words
ADHS licenses the property for three service types: directed care for up to 42 residents, personal care for up to 153, and supervisory care. On the dementia side, the company's website names Lavender Sky as its approach.
The details
- Services offered
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Daily life
In our words
According to the community's website, three meals a day are served restaurant style, and there is a private dining room as well. It also lists scheduled transportation, weekly linen service and light housekeeping, a full-service salon, a fitness center, and an emergency call system with a pendant to wear. Outside are courtyards the site calls expansive, and memory care has its own secure courtyard.
The details
- Amenities
- Meals
- Three meals daily, restaurant-style dining
- Features
- Outdoor space
- Expansive Courtyards; secure courtyard for memory care
Rooms
The details
- Room features
Pricing and payment
Prices
- Assisted living community
- $5,700 to $7,400 a monthEstimated
- Memory care
- From $6,500 a month
Prices tagged Estimated are not this home's own. Based on the published prices of 102 comparable communities. Call or ask us for a verified price and whether a room is open.
Typical assisted living in Arizona: $5,500 to $9,000 a month, from our own market figures (September 2026).
The details
- Payment and what is included
Hospitals and the area
In our words
Abrazo West Campus is the nearest hospital, about 1.19 miles away, and mapping data matched to CMS hospital records shows it has emergency services. Three more hospitals are within 10 miles: Copper Springs Hospital (3.15 miles), Banner Estrella Medical Center (4.79 miles) and Banner Boswell Medical Center (9.35 miles). For errands, a CVS Pharmacy is about 0.12 miles off and a Sprouts Farmers Market about 0.57 miles. Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Park is about 0.22 miles away.
The details
- Nearest emergency room
- Abrazo West Campus, 1.2 miles
- Nearest hospital
- Abrazo West Campus, 1.2 miles
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 0.1 miles
- Nearest grocery
- Sprouts Farmers Market, 0.6 miles
- Nearest park
- Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Park, 0.2 miles
- Hospitals within 10 miles
Name Miles Drive time Abrazo West Campus 1.2 mi about 5 min Copper Springs Hospital 3.2 mi about 12 min Banner Estrella Medical Center 4.8 mi about 14 min Banner Boswell Medical Center 9.4 mi about 26 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
More details
The details
- Features
- Dementia care program
- Lavender Sky
- Floor plan types
- AL - Studio
- AL - 1 Bed
- AL - 2 Bed
- MC - Studio
- Independent and assisted living apartments
- 127
- Memory care suites
- 42
- Company portfolio
- 40 properties under operation or development in 11 states; 4th operating location in Arizona
Questions families ask
In our words
- What care levels does ADHS license MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale to provide?
- The ADHS license lists three service types at this address: directed care (capacity 42), personal care (capacity 153) and supervisory care.
- How many residents can the community serve?
- ADHS puts the license capacity at 195 residents.
- Who operates MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale?
- MorningStar Senior Living, a company based in Denver, has run the community since April 1, 2026, for Clarion Partners, which bought the property.
- What was this community called before?
- It was Legacy House of Avondale until April 1, 2026, when the name changed to MorningStar Senior Living of Avondale.
- Does the community offer memory care?
- Yes, per the company: its website describes 42 secure memory care suites and a dementia care program called Lavender Sky.
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