What home care actually is.
Home care means help brought to your parent's own home — no move, no facility. It ranges from a few friendly hours a week to round-the-clock support. Here's what that looks like.
- Companionship & personal care — a caregiver who's simply there: for conversation and a watchful eye, and for the harder-to-ask things — bathing, dressing, grooming, meals, and reminders to take medications on time.
- Hospital-to-home care — the first days back home are when falls and re-admissions happen. A caregiver helps your parent settle in, keep follow-up appointments, and recover on their own turf instead of a hospital bed.
- Alzheimer's & dementia care — trained caregivers who understand memory loss: keeping days calm and routines familiar, watching for wandering, and giving you the peace of mind that someone patient is always nearby.
- Stroke & Parkinson's care — steady, hands-on help through recovery and progression: mobility and transfers, safe routines, and the daily consistency that helps your parent hold on to their independence longer.
- Respite for the family caregiver — you can't pour from an empty cup. Respite care covers a shift, a weekend, or a standing weekly break — so you can rest, work, or simply breathe.
- Hourly or 24/7 — your call. Start with a few hours and add more as needs grow. When someone should always be there, overnight or live-in care keeps your parent safe at home around the clock.
Hourly care or 24/7 — which fits?
Hourly care — a few hours, a few days a week, up to full days — is best when your parent is mostly independent but needs help with specific things: a morning routine, meals, errands and rides, medication reminders, or company while you're at work. You add hours as needs change.
24/7 and live-in care — someone is always there, day and night — is best after a serious diagnosis, advancing dementia, or when falls and nighttime wandering make being alone unsafe. Continuous care keeps your parent at home instead of moving to a facility.
For home care in Midland, start with one call.
Kendall lives here, knows Midland's home-care landscape by name, and connects your family directly to trusted local caregivers — 24/7 & hourly care, hospital-to-home, Alzheimer's & dementia, stroke, Parkinson's, and respite — serving Midland, Odessa, and surrounding communities within about 35 miles. You're never handed off to a stranger.
Not sure home care is the right path yet? That's exactly what Kendall is for. She'll talk through your parent's situation and help you choose — home care, a community, or something in between — with no cost and no pressure. And if home ever isn't the safest place, she personally guides your family to the right community — assisted living, memory care, independent living, or a nursing home — at no cost to you.
Ready to get care started? Call the 24/7 home-care line at 432-695-6489, or the senior placement line at (432) 994-8088 — and call Kendall first at (432) 901-6465 if you're still weighing the options.
What home care costs in Midland.
Everyone wants a number, and no honest number fits every family. What follows are approximate ranges to help you plan — not a quote. Hours, level of care, and the provider all move the figure.
- In-home care (hourly — the most common start): roughly $25–$35/hr. The number moves with hours, level of personal care, and time of day — a few hours a week costs far less than full days.
- 24/7 or live-in care: home care at this level is often priced by shift or day rather than a flat hourly rate — call for a plan built around your parent.
- Adult day care (if a center is a fit): roughly $1,500–$2,000/mo, depending on days per week and services included. A daytime option that keeps some home-care hours in reserve.
- If home isn't enough: assisted living roughly $4,500–$6,000/mo; memory care higher; nursing home (semi-private) roughly $5,500–$7,500/mo. Kendall's placement guidance is free to you.
Where these ranges come from: national and Texas cost-of-care surveys (e.g. Genworth / CareScout). They're approximate and change over time. Actual costs vary — call Kendall for real Permian Basin numbers built around your parent's actual needs.
How Midland families pay for it.
Most families use a mix. Kendall can walk you through which of these your parent may qualify for.
- Private pay — out of pocket or from savings: the most common way home care starts, and the fastest.
- Long-term care insurance — if your parent has a policy, it may reimburse in-home care. Check the daily benefit and waiting period.
- VA Aid & Attendance — wartime veterans and surviving spouses may qualify for a monthly benefit toward care. Kendall's services are veteran-supported — ask.
- Texas Medicaid (PHC / CFC) — Primary Home Care and Community First Choice can cover in-home personal care for those who qualify.
A word on Texas Medicaid: Texas did not expand Medicaid, so eligibility is tighter than in some states. But long-term-care programs like Primary Home Care (PHC) and Community First Choice (CFC) can pay for personal care at home for those who qualify — and CFC even has a self-direction option that lets families have more say in who provides care. Qualifying turns on income, assets, and a five-year look-back on transfers, so it pays to plan early rather than in a crisis. 2026 rules — verify current amounts and eligibility with Texas HHS at hhs.texas.gov.
See how Texas families pay for careA neighbor who's walked this road before.
Kendall Warren is a Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA) and Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) with more than ten years beside Permian Basin families — and her guidance is free and independent: it costs families nothing. She lives here in the Basin, knows the local providers and organizations by name, and proudly supports veterans and their families.
“I walk beside families as if you were my own.” — Kendall Warren, BCPA · CSA