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Bathing, dressing and grooming
Help that fits each resident's routine, not the other way around.
IncludedSmall assisted living home · Brenham, Texas
Twelve neighbors, a deep porch and the best ice cream run in Texas.
A licensed small assisted living home on South Market Street. Real meals, real help, and the same faces every morning, five minutes from downtown Brenham.
How it started
Lupe wanted a place she would pick for her own mother. So she built it.
Lupe Hoffmann was a home health aide in Washington County for eleven years. She saw too many people leave homes they loved for buildings that felt like airports. In 2007 she and her husband Ray bought a rambling 1950s ranch house, added a wing of bedrooms and a wide porch, and opened Bluebonnet Cottage.
Today we care for twelve residents with a staff who mostly grew up within twenty miles of here. We know the pastors, the pharmacists and the waitresses at the café on Alamo Street. Every April we load up the van and drive the back roads to Chappell Hill to see the bluebonnets, and every summer we find a reason to go get ice cream.
— Lupe Hoffmann, owner and administrator
Photo tour
The cottage scrapbook
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Awake staff all night
Our Type B license means someone is up and making rounds every night.
24/703
Three hot meals and snacks
Kolaches on Fridays, kitchen-made peach cobbler in summer, special diets always followed.
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What families tell us
Daddy grumbled about leaving the farm for about a week. Now he runs the domino table and tells Ray how to fix the van.
They called me before the doctor did when Mom's blood pressure was off. That is when I stopped worrying.
My grandmother speaks Spanish most of the day now. Half the staff answers her in Spanish, and she lights up.
The bluebonnet drive photos they sent us are on our refrigerator. Mom is smiling in every single one.
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Life here lately
Now hiring
We are looking for patient, cheerful people who like a small team. Training and a steady schedule from day one.
Good to know
Questions, answered
What is a Type B assisted living home?
Texas licenses assisted living as Type A or Type B. Type B homes like ours have staff awake at night and can care for residents who need help to leave the building in an emergency or who need help with transfers. We are not a nursing home, so we do not provide round-the-clock skilled nursing.
How do families pay?
Most residents pay privately or with long-term care insurance. Veterans and surviving spouses may qualify for VA Aid and Attendance. Some Texas Medicaid waiver programs help with assisted living costs for people who qualify; ask our office what may apply to you.
Can residents keep their own doctor?
Yes. We drive residents to their own doctors in Brenham and coordinate with any home health or hospice agency the family chooses.
Do you have a waiting list?
Sometimes. With only twelve rooms, call early and we will be honest about timing. We keep a short list and call in order.
Schedule a tour
Come see us in person
Pick a time that works for your family, or call or text and we will set it up for you.
Visit
Find us in Brenham
- 1104 S Market Street
Brenham, TX
Park in the circle drive. The covered side door has no steps and opens into the kitchen. - (979) 555-0118
- Text us
- visit@bluebonnetcottage.example
- Bluebonnet Cottage Brenham
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 5:30p
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 4p
- Families visitAny time
Sit a spell on the porch.
Tours take as long as you want them to. Call or text Lupe, or just drop by on a weekday afternoon.