The one genuinely good piece of news
Texas is one of the less expensive states in the country for senior care. In the CareScout 2025 survey, Texas ranks 43rd of 50 states on home care costs — well below the national median — and Texas nursing home semi-private rooms are the lowest-cost in the nation, ranked 50th of 50.
That doesn't make any of this cheap. It means a care budget stretches further here than almost anywhere else in America — and with good planning, further still.
Why two honest sources give two different numbers
For example, assisted living shows $5,666/month from CareScout and $5,458/month in A Place for Mom's data reported by Stacker. Neither is wrong — they measure differently. CareScout surveys the rates providers quote; A Place for Mom reports what residents who moved in during 2025 actually paid, care fees included.
The practical takeaway: quoted rates and real bills are cousins, not twins. Ask every community what the all-in monthly number looks like for your parent's actual care level — not the starting rate on the brochure.
Averages are averages. Your parent isn't one.
A median can't see that your dad only needs mornings, or that your mom's memory care will need a secured wing, or that the community two miles from your sister runs a move-in special this fall. That's the gap between a table on the internet and a real plan.
Kendall closes that gap for free. She knows the actual communities and the actual caregivers across the Permian Basin — what things really run, and where the honest value is. Ten minutes on the phone will do more for your budget than another hour of searching.
