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Morningside House of Ellicott City

5330 Dorsey Hall Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042

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8.7
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65 reviews
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65 reviews
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Child of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Overall a nice community

Very supportive staff. They are kind and caring. The activities are varied and fun. The food and menu choices could be improved.

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Morningside House of Ellicott City

Morningside House is a leading Assisted Living & Alzheimer's care provider proudly serving seniors and their families in our Baltimore/Washington area residences. Our communities offer the perfect mix of personal care and hospitality tailored to meet the individual needs of our residents. Our philosophy on Alzheimer's and Dementia care is centered on the individual and is based on years of Johns Hopkins University research.

We NOW have a Wellness-focused senior care innovative program which focuses on proactive case management and preventative care to keep our residents safer, healthier and happier. From our Medical Director, to our comprehensive menu of services and specially-trained staff, we feel Morningside is simply the best care in our local areas.

Some highlights of the program include: Medical Director; Weekly doctor rounds; Weekly interdisciplinary team meetings; Electronic medication management system; On-site physical, occupational & speech therapies 5 x a week; State-of-the-art emergency call bell system; Continuous quality assurance program; Restorative therapy program; Custom care program; Clinical protocols and trending; Coordinated hospice care; Special diets. We cannot be happier with this program and the benefits it offers for our residents and families.

At Morningside House, we give residents control over their lives and encourage independence and socialization. Our communities provide...

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Morningside House of Ellicott City

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8.7 out of 10
Review Score65 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.1
Cleanliness
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Care Services
3.7
Staff
4.1
Meals & Dining
4.0
Activities
3.7
Value for Cost
4.0

A Place for Mom has scored Morningside House of Ellicott City with 8.7 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Morningside House of Ellicott City has 65 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 9/13/25

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 13, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Morningside House of Ellicott City

Activities director for memory care is awesome. My dad is enjoying the musical performances there.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 25, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Overall a nice community

Very supportive staff. They are kind and caring. The activities are varied and fun. The food and menu choices could be improved.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 16, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review for Morningside House of Ellicott City

They are very good to my Mom and very friendly and attentive. I would recommend to others.

Charlitta

Assisted Living

Toured community

May 28, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars

Compassionate Guidance During a Difficult Time – A Five-Star Experience

ven though my uncle remained in the hospital’s hospice unit, I wanted to share the amazing support I received from [name removed] at Morningside House of Ellicott. He spent over 35 minutes on the phone with me, clearly explaining hospice care options and what to look for in a facility. He was kind, patient, and incredibly informative—offering genuine help without knowing if we’d even choose Morningside. That level of compassion and guidance meant so much during a very emotional time. I can only imagine the quality of care families receive here. Truly a five-star experience.

Vasavada S

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 15, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Home of hope and happiness

Convenient location Spacious EZ wheelchair movement Security Pet friendly Allowed outside food Laundry department ( service) Medicine management

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 5, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
2.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Morningside House Review

I would tell others looking into Morningside House of Ellicott City to sit in an-out-of-way spot and watch, listen for several hours on different times and different days.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

November 20, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Morningside House of Ellicott City

Our experience so far has been very good. I am pleased with the services and the facilities. The staff is always accessible and very responsive. The go out of their way to accommodate us. On the memory care unit the food looks and tastes like baby food sometimes...my Mom often asks me to bring her food because she won't eat what they are serving. It sometimes doesn't look too appetizing. Particularly for the money we are spending each month

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 12, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

our families experience, friendly and caring staff, overall a nice community

What we like the most about Morningside House is that the staff are super friendly and caring. The biggest issues are with consistency of staff and follow through with certain tasks. The meals are sometimes really good, and other times very basic.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

June 26, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

friendly staff

What our family likes the most about Morningside House is how responsive their staff members are! We would recommend this community to other families based on the experience we have had so far.

SM

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 4, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Morningside House of Ellicott City

I tell anyone who asks that my father has been doing so well since moving in. He's calm, relaxed, always seems content, swelling in ankles has gone down. We liked the area, quiet dead end street. How clean it was, was very noticeable. Caregivers are very attentive to him and other residents.After my visits with him there, I always feel very good knowing he is in good hands.

Kim H

Memory Care

Family/friend

February 29, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

My Experience

They didn't give my dad a chance. They called an ambulance and sent him to an emergency room after only 2 nights. My mom had to pay a fortune and hire an aide. I watched the hired help there sitting there on their phones. Also, my mom didn't get much money back and going to emergency room for someone with dementia was terrible.

Lewis

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 16, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Our Experience

Overall I feel Morningside is a good community. The response times quoted to us on the tour have not been at all what my dad has experienced. They told us 7-11 minutes from when he pushes the call button. The fastest time he has consistently seen is 15 to 20 minutes, but has often seen 44 min to an hour, 2 hours and sometimes no one came at all. Response times are much worse at night and on weekends. In-house PT provider is a 6 out of ten. They seem to look for reasons not to give my dad PT. He had Covid so was quarantined for 10 days. That's fine, but his PT didn't resume for almost 20 days at which point we complained and it resumed. My dad has some scabs and dry skin on his lower legs. Has had them for years. Then one day that suddenly became a "wound care" issue and his PT was halted for another several weeks. Dad has lost a lot of ground with his ability to walk because he has gotten PT about half of the two months he has been there. On the plus side, MorningSide is very clean and well kept; furnishings and fittings are in good repair and atmosphere is clean/ does not reek of urine. Most of the staff has been friendly but a few have been scratchy/irritable with my dad when he called them. Again worse with night and weekend staff. He does get his meds regularly and onsite pharmacy is very convenient.

JW

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 9, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Morningside House of Ellicott City

Everyone is friendly, professional and helpful. They are always available for any questions or concerns. It is a super warm and welcoming community and it has proven to definitely be the right place for my sister's needs.

Chrissy

Memory Care

Family/friend

June 12, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

My family and I had a good experience with Morningside House of Ellicott City. The community was always clean when would visit our loved one. Most of the staff were very friendly and really seemed to care about our loved one. Overall, this is a community you should check out to see if it is the right fit for your loved one.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

April 26, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Our tour of Morningside House of Ellicott City

We toured Morningside House of Ellicott City and it was a great place. I really liked it. The Memory Care section is newly renovated and the rooms are nicer than some of the other facilities that we toured.

Tammi

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 25, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Great Place

My loved one is a resident at Morningside House of Ellicott City and everything has been great. The entire staff is very friendly. The residents like the food. Communication with the family is prompt. I would recommend this facility to family and friends.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 15, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

My review of Morningside House of Ellicott City

We chose Morningside over others mostly due to its location (on 5 mins from prior resident) and because they offer a month to month with a lower community fee than most other facilities in the area. The staff all seem friendly and helpful. The community needs to work on its response time to panic buttons. They do provide weekly laundry and room cleaning.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

February 3, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Highly recommend, friendly atmosphere

The staff are very responsive to needs and friendly. I would recommend Morningside House of Ellicott City.

Sandra Williams

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 21, 2022

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Resident Birthday Dinner

I attended a birthday dinner for the month of [date removed], as this was my mom's birthday month. I want to comment on how pleased I was with the meal as well as the service of the staff. I had requested if the chef could do something different for my meal, which he did (changed the vegetable). This is the second time (year) the chef has accommodated my request, which I appreciated. Also, the food was excellent, so kudos to the chef !!! Also, I want to thank [name removed] for assisting my mom with eating her meal, which I was unable to do. [name removed] came to the activity room and was able to help mom eat her dinner. She is very patient with my mom, even in memory care, so thank you [name removed] for your patience and assistance.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

August 4, 2022

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

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