Ohio: Cost of Home Care, Day Care, and Hospice

August 4, 2026

Ohio cost of care: a woman at home and her home care aide.

Knowing the costs of home care and other care services can enable seniors and their families to successfully navigate the needs of aging in place. For its readers living in or moving to Ohio, Seniors Guide provides this overview of Ohio cost of care.

What is the cost of home care in Ohio?

The answer depends on the type of care, your location, and the provider. Recent surveys allow us to present an overview of in-home care and examples of other costs in Ohio.

Non-Medical In-Home Care

Home Care aides assist with hygiene, laundry, cooking, and transportation. Their home visits typically take place several times a week and last from 2 to 8 hours.

Cost info: The median hourly cost statewide is $34. The median daily cost is $214, which equates to $6,483 per month. In the Toledo area, the average is $215 per day, whereas the same services in Springfield average $182 per day.

Medical Home Health Care

Trained home health care professionals offer skilled care such as checking pulse, temperature, and respiration and assist with medical equipment such as ventilators. They’ll visit the home as much as medically necessary, but stay for shorter periods than Home Care aides. More intensive medical care that requires additional medical training will cost more. Similarly, the more time that a patient requires in-home help, the greater the overall cost.

Cost info: The hourly cost of a private duty nurse is about three times that of a non-medical aide, at about $100 per hour. Median monthly cost for a private duty nurse is $433, which equates to $5,200 annually.

Companion Care

Companions provide help with errands, housekeeping, medication reminders, as well as just offering companionship. Visits can occur several times per week and typically last from 3 to 8 hours.

Cost info: In Ohio, companion care generally falls under non-medical home care. Agency rates often run around $30 to $35 per hour, while direct-hire companion care may start closer to $20 per hour. Costs vary by location, agency, hours needed, minimum visit requirements, and whether the care includes only companionship or also help with meals, errands, bathing, mobility, or medication reminders. Services cost more on weekends, holidays, and evenings.

Adult Day Care

At adult day care centers, supervision and social activities are provided in a structured setting outside of the home during daytime hours. Weekends are not usually included. These centers provide companionship and basic care for the client and peace of mind for families.

Cost info: Adult day care in Ohio averages about $60 per day, $1,800 per month, or roughly $21,600 per year. Costs vary by location, program type, schedule, and whether the center provides primarily social activities or more medical supervision.

Medical Day Care

Some adult day care facilities specialize in medical day care, providing more intensive health and therapeutic services for individuals with severe medical problems and those at risk of requiring nursing home care. This type of care will naturally cost more.

Cost info: The average cost statewide is around $83 per day, about $1,800 per month, compared with the national median of $95 per day and $2,058 per month.

Hospice Care

Hospice care focuses on improving the quality of life for the terminal patient who can remain at home or receive care in a hospice facility. Hospice care provides emotional and spiritual support to the patient as well as pain management. Services generally include nursing care, physician services, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, supplies, social work, counseling, and short-term respite care.

Cost info: With the appropriate doctor’s certification, hospice care is usually covered by Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits, or private insurance, so many patients pay little or nothing for covered hospice services. Families may still have costs for co-pays, room and board in a nursing home or assisted living facility, private-duty caregiving, or services unrelated to the hospice diagnosis.