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Skilled nursing facilities licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242, separate from assisted living's Chapter 247, providing 24-hour licensed nursing care and short-term rehabilitation.

Quick answer

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

A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, usually regulated under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242, a separate rule chapter from assisted living's Chapter 247. Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

Short answer

We list 0 verified nursing homes providers across your metro. A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, usually regulated under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242, a separate rule chapter from assisted living's Chapter 247.

Three things worth knowing first

Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.
Nursing facilities are the one senior care category with federal CMS star ratings.
Get your state's semi-private and private-room medians from CareScout, and note that semi-private is often Medicaid-weighted and lower than a private-pay quote.

How your state licenses assisted living. Texas splits assisted living into Type A (residents who can self-evacuate) and Type B (residents who need staff help evacuating or nighttime attendance) under Health and Safety Code Chapter 247. Read the full explanation →

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Questions families ask

What is Medicaid Estate Recovery, and does it affect a Fort Worth family's home?

Texas's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) can seek reimbursement from a deceased Medicaid recipient's probate estate for long-term-care costs paid by the state, including nursing facility care and some STAR+PLUS HCBS services -- but only after death, and with protections for a surviving spouse or dependent children.

What does assisted living cost in the Fort Worth area?

The 2024 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts Texas's statewide median assisted living cost at $5,250 a month. No primary source publishes a Fort Worth- or Tarrant County-specific figure separate from that state median, so local pricing likely runs close to or somewhat above it given the metro's growth.

What does memory care cost in Fort Worth?

There is no published memory-care median anywhere in the country -- CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category, in Texas or any other state. Any specific memory-care dollar figure you see online is an estimate or an extrapolation, not a sourced statistic.

How much does in-home care cost in Tarrant County?

The 2024 CareScout survey puts Texas's home health aide median at roughly $28/hour, which works out to about $4,850 a month at 40 hours a week. Non-medical home care (companionship, help with daily tasks) and skilled home health are priced and covered differently, so confirm which you're actually being quoted.

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