How to choose a home care agency in Austin

It starts with a conversation. You call (512) 430-4354 or reach out online, and we schedule a complimentary in-home consultation anywhere in the Austin area — from Round Rock and Georgetown down to Buda and Kyle. Together we build a care plan around your family's routines: which days, which hours, which tasks. We then match a trained, background-checked caregiver to your loved one's needs and personality, and our office handles scheduling, supervision and backup coverage. The plan isn't fixed — hours can go up or down as needs change. Start with a complimentary consultation.

Professional caregivers — trained, background-checked and supervised by the agency's office team. A caregiver's day is shaped by the care plan: help with bathing, dressing and grooming; preparing meals; light housekeeping; medication reminders; driving to appointments and errands; and genuine companionship — conversation, walks, cards, a shared cup of coffee. What a non-medical caregiver doesn't do is nursing: no injections, wound care or clinical procedures. At ABS Austin we match caregivers to clients by needs and personality, not just availability, because the relationship is most of the job. Meet us at a complimentary consultation.

Non-medical home care covers the everyday things that keep life at home working: personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and transfers), meal planning and preparation, light housekeeping and laundry, medication reminders, errands and transportation to appointments, companionship and engagement, support for people living with dementia, respite for family caregivers, and overnight or around-the-clock schedules. ABS Austin serves Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Lakeway, Pflugerville, Leander, West Lake Hills, Buda and Kyle. Every plan is custom — tell us what your family needs.

They sound alike but are different services. Home health is medical: skilled nursing and therapy, ordered by a doctor, usually short-term after an illness, surgery or hospital stay — and often covered by Medicare for homebound people who need intermittent skilled care. Home care — what ABS Austin provides — is non-medical: ongoing help with bathing, dressing, meals, housekeeping, errands and companionship, scheduled by the hour and typically paid privately. Many families use both at once: a nurse visits twice a week while a caregiver covers daily living every day. Learn what non-medical home care includes.

Within non-medical home care: companion care (conversation, meals, errands, light housekeeping), personal care (hands-on help with bathing, dressing, toileting and mobility), support for people living with dementia, respite care that gives family caregivers a break, overnight care, and 24-hour schedules. Separately, there are medical services delivered at home — home health (skilled nursing and therapy ordered by a doctor) and hospice (comfort care for terminal illness) — which run under different licenses with different teams. ABS Austin provides the non-medical kinds, in whatever mix your care plan calls for. See our services.

There's rarely one dramatic moment — it's usually a pattern. Watch for missed meals, unopened mail and unpaid bills, a fall or near-falls, confusion about the medication schedule, a home that's no longer kept up, giving up driving, or pulling back from friends and activities. Another sign is in the mirror: you or a sibling are exhausted from filling the gaps. Non-medical home care can start small — a few hours a week for meals, errands and companionship — and grow as needs change. If this sounds familiar, request a complimentary in-home consultation in Austin or call (512) 430-4354.