Independent Living | What It Costs and How Your State Licenses It

Independent Living in your area

Age-restricted apartments and campuses with dining, activities and light services, for adults who do not need daily hands-on care.

Quick answer

Texas HHSC regulates independent living under Health and Safety Code Chapter 247 (assisted living) or Chapter 242 (nursing homes).

Independent living is housing, not care. Age-restricted apartments or cottages with dining, transportation, activities and maintenance handled — for adults who do not need help with daily activities.

Short answer

We list 3 verified independent living providers across your metro. Independent living is housing, not care.

Three things worth knowing first

Independent living is typically not licensed as a care facility, because no personal care is provided. Confirm for your state.
Several campuses combine independent living with assisted living or nursing on the same campus, so a resident can move between levels without leaving the community.
If help with daily activities is already needed, independent living is the wrong category, even when a community offers to arrange outside caregivers.

You can check any facility's record free. Call HHSC's Complaint and Incident Intake line at 1-800-458-9858 for any Texas facility's complaint and inspection history. Assisted living is not CMS star-rated -- only nursing homes are. Read the full explanation →

Verified independent living across the region

We list 3 verified independent living providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

Discovery Village at Alliance Town Center — Fort Worth
Brookdale Eden Estates — Bedford
Morada North Richland Hills — North Richland Hills

0 verified · Johnson County

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Questions families ask

What is Medicaid Estate Recovery, and does it affect a Fort Worth family's home?

Texas's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) can seek reimbursement from a deceased Medicaid recipient's probate estate for long-term-care costs paid by the state, including nursing facility care and some STAR+PLUS HCBS services -- but only after death, and with protections for a surviving spouse or dependent children.

What does assisted living cost in the Fort Worth area?

The 2024 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts Texas's statewide median assisted living cost at $5,250 a month. No primary source publishes a Fort Worth- or Tarrant County-specific figure separate from that state median, so local pricing likely runs close to or somewhat above it given the metro's growth.

What does memory care cost in Fort Worth?

There is no published memory-care median anywhere in the country -- CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category, in Texas or any other state. Any specific memory-care dollar figure you see online is an estimate or an extrapolation, not a sourced statistic.

How much does in-home care cost in Tarrant County?

The 2024 CareScout survey puts Texas's home health aide median at roughly $28/hour, which works out to about $4,850 a month at 40 hours a week. Non-medical home care (companionship, help with daily tasks) and skilled home health are priced and covered differently, so confirm which you're actually being quoted.

Independent Living in your area

Three things worth knowing first

Verified independent living across the region

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