In-Home Care in Irvine, California
Irvine, CA has 34 licensed in-home care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts. The median estimated cost is $7,525/mo. That's roughly in line with the California state median. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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Starting tier, Irvine
$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
● Irvine $7,525 at 44 hrs/wk ○ National median $6,769 at 44 hrs/wk
Three steps
1. Call the county aging agency
Free: (714) 480-6450 (County of Orange Office on Aging)
2. Shortlist 3 options
3. Prepare for the assessment
What senior care costs in Irvine
Irvine figures as of 2025. Method and sources below.
Median costs for in-home care in Irvine versus California and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes.
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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.
What home care really costs by the hour
The $7,525 monthly figure assumes 44 hours of care a week. The survey standard. At Irvine's implied rate of about $39 an hour:
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Ways families typically pay
- Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
- Long-term care insurance
- VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
- Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state
Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.
Nearby: Tustin $7,525 · Laguna Woods $7,525 · Lake Forest $7,525 · North Tustin $7,525 · Aliso Viejo $7,525
What can you afford?
Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Irvine, grounded in local medians on this page.
Part-time home care or entry assisted living
Assisted living with room to spare
Nursing care or heavy home-care schedules
Every licensed in-home care agency: 34
A note on counting: we show 34 licensed in-home care agencies listed for Irvine proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Most listings publish no price. The Irvine in-home care median is $7,525/mo, an estimate; ask each agency for its own number in writing.
TheKey of California
Tender Leisure Care, INC.
Stellar Care Services
Strive Home Care LLC
Solace Home Care
Smith's Home Care, INC
Seniors Helping Seniors Irvine
Senior Helpers of South Orange County
Salus Homecare
RK Healthcare Services INC.
Pure Heart Homecare Staffing Agency LLC
Orange County Support Services DBA Home Instead
Optimal Senior Care Solutions
Olive Companion, LLC
Magic Touch Elderly Care
Livhome, INC. DBA Arosa - Orange County
Live Life at Home
Home Care Placement
Griswold Home Care
First Light Home Care of Irvine
Crystal Coast Homecare Service, INC.
Cerna Home Care
Caring Ember Senior Services LLC
Care Planning Institute, INC.
Care Partners at Home
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
Also serving Irvine
In-home care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Irvine; 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-Irvine count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
At Home Va Staffing LLC
Good Karma Home Care INC DBA Senior Helpers
Friends Companion Care LLC
Visiting Angels Tustin
Compassionate Caregiver's Home Care LLC
AccentCare of CA - Lake Forest
Home Helpers of Orange Coast
LFQ Senior Care DBA Lake Forest Services
Lake Forest Quality Caregivers LLC
Abiding Home Care, LLC
BC Acutis, INC.
First Light Home Care - Mission Viejo
Ordered by distance from Irvine, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 107 newly licensed · 13 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Irvine has an estimated population of 311,690. About 33,599 residents (11%) are age 65 or older. Irvine is located in Orange County, California. The median household income is $136,719. Our directory currently lists 34 licensed in-home care agencies in Irvine. Estimated median cost in Irvine is $7,525 per month, compared with $7,627 per month statewide in California.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- County of Orange Office on Aging(714) 480-6450officeonaging.ocgov.com
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
State aging agency - Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)1-800-434-0222aging.ca.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - California Aging & Disability Resource Connection1-800-510-2020aging.ca.gov
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Area 22- LTC Ombudsman Program c/o Council on Aging - Southern California1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
Orange
State LTC Ombudsman - Tibor Rubin VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Long Beach.
VA open data - In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many in-home care agencies are listed in Irvine, CA?
We currently list 34 licensed in-home care agencies in Irvine, CA.
What does in-home care cost per hour in Irvine?
Based on the modeled median, in-home care in Irvine runs about $39 an hour. A 20-hour week runs about $3,420/month.
Is in-home care in Irvine more expensive than the rest of California?
Irvine's median in home care cost is about 1% lower than the California state median.
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, in-home care in Irvine, CA costs $7,525/month (median), at the 44-hour-a-week survey standard.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). In-Home Care in Irvine, CA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/california/irvine/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "In-Home Care in Irvine, CA." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/california/irvine/.
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