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Assisted Living in the Austin area

Help with daily activities in a licensed residential community, with meals, housekeeping and medication management included.

Quick answer

Assisted Living in Texas is regulated by HHSC. We list 43 verified assisted living providers across the Austin metro in Travis, Williamson and Hays counties.

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Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments. In Texas it is a licensed residential setting, not a medical one. Staff are caregivers and med aides, not nurses on every shift.

Short answer

Assisted Living in Texas is regulated by HHSC. We list 43 verified assisted living providers across the Austin metro. Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Ask which license the community holds. Type A cannot keep a resident who needs staff help to evacuate or needs attendance overnight.
  • Get the care-level assessment in writing. Base rent is rarely the real number; care levels can add several hundred to well over a thousand dollars a month.
  • Ask what happens when private funds run out. Many Austin-area communities do not contract with Medicaid managed care at all.
Texas licenses assisted living by evacuation ability. Type A residents must evacuate without staff help; Type B residents may need assistance but cannot be permanently bedfast. It decides which communities can legally accept your parent. Read the full explanation →

Verified assisted living across the metro

We list 43 verified assisted living providers in the Austin metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Questions Austin families ask

What's the Medicaid income limit for a nursing home in Texas in 2026?

For a single applicant in 2026, monthly income must be under $2,982 and countable assets under $2,000. Your home and one vehicle are generally exempt. You must also meet Nursing Facility Level of Care. A community spouse may keep a separate resource allowance.

How much money can my spouse keep if I go into a nursing home in Texas?

Texas allows a Community Spouse Resource Allowance so the at-home spouse isn't impoverished, reported at $162,660 for 2026. The applicant spouse is limited to $2,000. Because these figures change annually and the calculation is complex, confirm current amounts with HHSC or a Texas elder law attorney.

How much spending money does a Texas nursing home resident keep?

Texas sets the Personal Needs Allowance at $75 per month, raised from $60 effective January 1, 2024. That's well above the $30 federal minimum. Nearly all remaining income, after Medicare premiums, any spousal allowance, and allowable medical expenses, goes to the facility as applied income.

Will Texas take my mother's house after she goes on Medicaid?

Texas may file an estate recovery claim after death if she was 55 or older when receiving services and first applied for long-term services on or after March 1, 2005. This covers nursing home care and STAR+PLUS. Texas never recovers more than it paid, and exemptions and hardship waivers exist.

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