Home care in Westchester County, NY

Home care in Westchester County, in plain words

Home care in Westchester County means a licensed aide comes to your parent's home for a few hours a day, overnight, or as a live-in, to help with bathing, dressing, meals, medication reminders, errands and company.

Westchester families often manage care for a parent in a larger suburban home from a busy work schedule in the city. A reliable agency and one point of contact matter most.

We serve families across Westchester County, including White Plains, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, Yonkers, Rye, Larchmont, Bronxville and Mount Kisco.

How we help

We sit with you first: what a normal day looks like, which hours are hardest, language and food preferences, and your budget. Then we introduce licensed private-pay home care agencies in Westchester County that can staff those hours, and you decide. You don't pay. There's no fee.

For an immediate need, such as a discharge this week, call (201) 686-8232.

After a hospital stay

Many families call us the week a parent leaves White Plains Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence and Northern Westchester Hospital. Ask the discharge planner what help is needed at home and when, then tell us. We line up an agency that can start on the right day, and we check in after the first week. See hospital discharge help.

Language, culture and food

Spanish, Italian and Japanese speaking aides are among the requests we hear in Westchester. Tell us what your parent speaks and eats, and we ask agencies for aides who fit.

New Rochelle and Scarsdale have observant families who ask for kosher kitchen experience. See our page on kosher home care.

Licensed, and how to check

In New York, agencies that send aides into the home are licensed by the New York State Department of Health (licensed home care services agencies), and aides hold home health aide or personal care aide training certificates. Ask any agency for its license and the aide's training record.

When home care is no longer enough

If needs grow to overnight help every night, wandering, or two-person transfers, it may be time to compare a community. Read in-home care vs assisted living.

Westchester County: what the official New York list shows

The New York license file lists 37 senior care settings in Westchester County: 3 assisted living settings, 19 memory or dementia care settings and 15 personal care homes. They are spread across 21 towns.

The towns with the most licensed listings are Yonkers (6), White Plains (4), Ardsley (3), Briarcliff Manor (3), Mount Vernon (3), New Rochelle (3).

Home care agencies are licensed separately and are not in this file. The licensed residences below are where families usually look if staying at home stops being enough.

Licensed names in Westchester County

• Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers, Yonkers
• The Country House in Westchester, Yorktown Heights
• The Springvale Inn, Croton-On-Hudson
• Artis Senior Living of Briarcliff Manor, Briarcliff Manor
• Atria on the Hudson, Ossining
• Brightview Tarrytown, Tarrytown
• Chelsea at Greenburgh, Greenburgh
• Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers, Yonkers
• Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow
• Meadowview at the Wartburg, Mount Vernon
• Sunrise of Crestwood, Yonkers
• Sunrise of Fleetwood, Mount Vernon
• The Ambassador at Scarsdale, White Plains
• The Bristal at Armonk, Armonk
• The Bristal at White Plains, White Plains
• The Club at Briarcliff Manor, Briarcliff Manor
• The Fountains at RiverVue, Tuckahoe
• The Kensington, White Plains
• The Osborn, Rye
• Willow Gardens, New Rochelle
• Willow Towers EHP, New Rochelle
• Yorktown Assisted Living Residence, Cortlandt Manor

New York names come from the NYS DOH Adult Care Facility Directory (health.data.ny.gov dataset wssx-idhx). We list names only. We do not rank, rate, or publish prices or openings. See every licensed listing or search the state directly.

Related pages

• Home care in New York
• Home care referral
• In-home care vs assisted living
• Free Senior Care Starter Kit

Frequently asked questions

How much does home care cost in Westchester County?

Agencies quote by the hour, and rates depend on the hours, the level of care, weekends and overnights. Ask each agency for its hourly rate and minimum shift in writing. We do not publish agency prices.

Can we get a live-in aide?

Many agencies offer live-in care. The aide needs a private place to sleep and real breaks. Ask how the agency covers days off.

Do you accept Medicaid home care?

We help private-pay families. If your parent is on Medicaid, we point you to the right NY Connects (1-800-342-9871) contact on the first call.

Do families pay you?

You don't pay. There's no fee. A licensed agency may pay us a referral fee after a successful private-pay start of care. We do not take a fee on Medicaid funded care.