Los Angeles, CA has 1,185 licensed home health care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts. The median estimated cost is $7,525/mo. That's roughly in line with the California state median.
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Starting tier, Los Angeles
$3,420/mo
About 20 hours a week: a common starting point for a new home-care client
Full-time care (44 hrs/week, survey standard)
$7,525/mo
● Los Angeles $7,525 at 44 hrs/wk ○ National median $6,769 at 44 hrs/wk
2025 figures
This uses the survey's home care rate, because the survey no longer prices skilled nursing or therapy visits separately. Skilled visits are usually billed per visit.
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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.
Home care in Los Angeles runs about $39 an hour. Here is what common schedules cost a month:
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Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. Families usually combine private pay, long-term care insurance, VA Aid and Attendance, or a Medicaid waiver where they qualify. See paying for care and the state Medicaid guides.
Nearby cities: Culver City · Beverly Hills · Inglewood · Hawthorne · Burbank
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Here is what different monthly budgets cover in Los Angeles.
212 of the 662 home health care here with a current CMS rating hold four or five stars, 32% against 43% across California.
Home health care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Los Angeles; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 12 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Los Angeles count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
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In the last 365 days: 3,702 newly licensed · 109 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
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Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, has about 3,857,263 residents. About 549,590 of them (14%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $81,939.
Source: US Census BureauLos Angeles County health, human, and social services information & referral (including older-adult supports).
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City multipurpose senior centers, nutrition, caregiver, and fraud/abuse resources. Non-emergency city services: 3-1-1.
County AAA / older-adult services hub. Also reachable via 211 per county older-adult resources page.
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Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies.
3 VA Community Living Centers or State Veterans Homes nearby.
Los Angeles CA CLC · Sepulveda CA CLC · Veterans Home of California - West Los Angeles
VA Aid & Attendance overview →National helplines, including the Eldercare Locator and 211, are listed on paying for care.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. How Aid & Attendance works →
Based on the modeled median, home health care in Los Angeles runs about $39 an hour. A 20-hour week runs about $3,420/month.
Los Angeles's median home health care cost is about 1% lower than the California state median.
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