Private pay home care that fits a real budget

Why a flat published rate changes the math

Home care budgets fall apart when the numbers are vague or the rate keeps moving. Ours do neither: we publish our rates, the same rate applies days, evenings, and overnights, and our minimum visit is four hours — enough to cover a whole morning of bathing, breakfast, housekeeping, errands, and a ride to an appointment in a single visit.

That turns care into a line item you can actually plan. At our published rate of $30–$34 per hour, here is what common starting schedules look like:

• A four-hour morning visit, three days a week — bathing, dressing, breakfast, medication reminders, light housekeeping: about $1,560–$1,770 per month
• Four-hour mornings, Monday–Friday — the whole morning routine handled, plus errands and meals: roughly $2,600–$2,950 per month
• A four-hour visit every day — errands, meals, laundry, companionship, seven days a week: about $3,640–$4,125 per month

Families usually start small, watch what actually helps, and adjust. Because schedules can be adjusted as needs change, adding a Tuesday or dropping a Sunday takes a phone call, not a renegotiation. The full picture — including 20-hour, 40-hour, and around-the-clock schedules — is on our DFW cost page.

Practical ways families make the budget work

• Split the cost among siblings. A regular schedule of visits divided two or three ways often becomes a manageable monthly line for each person. We can invoice in whatever way keeps family bookkeeping simple.
• Target the risky hours. Most falls and skipped meals happen at predictable times — first thing in the morning and around dinner. Schedule visits around those moments so the caregiver is there when it matters most.
• Pair paid care with family care. Many families cover weekends themselves and use us for weekday mornings, or bring us in as respite care so the family caregiver gets a real break without a big bill.
• Plan for change, not for the worst case. Needs often shrink as a hospital recovery progresses — or grow after a new diagnosis. With no contracts and no levels-of-care re-pricing, your budget can follow reality month to month instead of locking in a worst-case number on day one.
• Check the benefits you may already own. Before assuming everything is out of pocket, rule out a long-term care insurance policy — we handle the claim paperwork — and VA Aid & Attendance for wartime veterans and surviving spouses. And know what Medicare does and doesn’t cover so there are no surprises.

We are a non-medical Personal Assistance Services agency, licensed by the State of Texas (License #020448). If a few mornings a week with us keep your mother safe, fed, and home, we would rather sell you those mornings than a round-the-clock schedule she doesn’t need. That’s the honest version of this business — and it’s why families stay with us.

The free in-home assessment ends with a written quote — a real number your family can take to a kitchen-table conversation, not an estimate that changes once a salesperson is in the living room. And when you’re ready, care can often start within 24 hours.