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In-Home Care in your area

Caregivers and skilled clinicians who come to the home, from a few hours a week to around-the-clock support.

Quick answer

Texas HHSC regulates in-home care under Health and Safety Code Chapter 247 (assisted living) or Chapter 242 (nursing homes).

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In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.

Short answer

We list 0 verified in-home care providers across your metro. In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.
  • Medicare-covered home health is intermittent and skilled — nursing visits, physical therapy — not a caregiver who stays with your parent.
  • Once you need more than roughly forty to fifty hours a week, run the math against assisted living.
You can check any facility's record free. Call HHSC's Complaint and Incident Intake line at 1-800-458-9858 for any Texas facility's complaint and inspection history. Assisted living is not CMS star-rated -- only nursing homes are. Read the full explanation →

Verified in-home care across the region

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    Questions families ask

    What's the real difference between a nursing home and assisted living in Texas?

    Nursing homes are licensed under a separate Texas rule chapter from assisted living and provide 24-hour licensed nursing care for higher medical acuity. Nursing homes also carry federal CMS star ratings through Medicare's Care Compare tool; assisted living facilities are not rated by that system at all.

    Should a Fort Worth family consider a CCRC instead of standalone assisted living?

    A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) keeps a couple together across changing care levels on one campus, typically through an entry-fee structure. Standalone assisted living is usually simpler to enter and less expensive upfront, without a large entry fee.

    What does HHSC license, and what law covers assisted living in Texas?

    The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Long Term Care Regulatory division licenses assisted living facilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 247 and 26 Texas Administrative Code Part 1, Chapter 553. HHSC issues either a Type A or Type B license depending on residents' ability to evacuate in an emergency.

    Is memory care a separate license in Texas, or something else?

    Texas does not issue a separate 'memory care license.' Any facility that markets or holds itself out as providing dementia care must instead file an Alzheimer's/dementia Disclosure Statement with HHSC under 26 TAC Section 553.264, and make it available to families before admission.

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