Side by side
Comparing home care and family caregiver companies
Some companies send a stranger to the house. Some pay a family member to do the caring. Here is what each one actually does, where it works, and what to ask before you sign anything.
Comparisons
Assisted living vs. home care vs. nursing home
Assisted living, home care or a nursing home? Compare 2025 national costs, what Medicaid and Medicare cover, and when paid family care keeps someone home.
Read →Caregiver Homes, now Careforth: what it does and how it compares
Caregiver Homes of Massachusetts is now Careforth. How its Adult Foster Care and Structured Family Caregiving programs pay live-in family caregivers.
Read →Caregivers of America: what it is and how it compares
An independent look at CareGivers America in Pennsylvania: who owns it, what it offers, Florida and Philadelphia searches, and how family caregivers get paid.
Read →FreedomCare explained: states, CDPAP changes and your other options
An independent look at FreedomCare: the 15 states it lists, what changed in New York CDPAP in 2025, how pay works, and other ways to get paid for family care.
Read →Help at Home: what it offers, where it is, and how it compares
An independent guide to Help at Home: the states and cities it lists, its Medicaid focus, hiring family caregivers, and how it compares with self-direction.
Read →Home care agency vs. paid family caregiver
Agency aide or a paid family caregiver? Compare cost, control, continuity, backup coverage, training and taxes — and see which one suits your family.
Read →Home Helpers Home Care vs. being paid to care for your relative
An independent look at Home Helpers for seniors: franchise offices, services, how families pay, and when Medicaid can pay a relative to give care instead.
Read →Home Instead vs. getting paid to care for your own relative
An independent look at Home Instead: its franchise model, services and how families pay, compared with Medicaid programs that pay a relative to give the care.
Read →Looking up a home care agency by name
Searching for a home care agency by name? How to check any agency's license, avoid name-alike mix-ups, what to ask, and how it compares with paid family care.
Read →Patriot Home Care and other Pennsylvania agencies: how to check before you choose
Considering Patriot Home Care in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Allentown or Reading? How to check any PA home care agency, and how family caregivers get paid.
Read →PPL (Public Partnerships LLC): what it does for a family caregiver
How a PPL caregiver gets enrolled and paid: what Public Partnerships does as fiscal agent, timesheets, pay dates and NY CDPAP. Independent guide, not PPL.
Read →Right at Home vs. getting paid to care for your relative
An independent look at Right at Home: its franchise offices, services and how families pay, compared with Medicaid programs that pay a relative instead.
Read →All family caregiver guides →
Programs, pay rates, costs and how to get started in your state.
All 50 states + DC
Find your state's program
Every state runs its own Medicaid program with its own name, pay and rules for spouses and parents. Pick yours.
- Alabama$2,320/month
- Alaska$24–$26/hr
- Arizona$13–$16/hr
- Arkansas
- California$16.90–$22/hr
- Colorado$17–$20/hr
- Connecticut$500/week
- Delaware$13–$21/hr
- District of Columbia$3,600/month
- Florida$15–$25/hr
- Georgia$1,987–$2,400/month
- Hawaii$14–$23/hr
- Idaho$2,554/month
- Illinois$18–$20/hr
- Indiana$46–$80/day
- Iowa$2,691/month
- Kansas$13–$17/hr
- Kentucky$29.04/hr
- Louisiana$1,800/month
- Maine$17–$27/hr
- Maryland$16–$20/hr
- Massachusetts$20.00–$22.40/hr
- Michigan$15.88–$17.13/hr
- Minnesota$22.74/hr
- Mississippi
- Missouri$12–$20/hr
- Montana
- Nebraska$15/hr
- Nevada
- New Hampshire$15–$22/hr
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York$18.65–$20.65/hr
- North Carolina
- North Dakota$27.92/hr
- Ohio$1,500–$3,000/month
- Oklahoma$11.46–$13.80/hr
- Oregon$21.25–$25.25/hr
- Pennsylvania$13–$19/hr
- Rhode Island$15–$21/hr
- South Carolina
- South Dakota$392/week
- Tennessee$11–$19.16/hr
- Texas$13–$15/hr
- Utah$2,372/month
- Vermont$15.49–$18/hr
- Virginia$13.88–$17.97/hr
- Washington$22.52–$27.28/hr
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin$12–$17/hr
- Wyoming
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