Caring Celebrates 10 Years of “Caring Stars” Awards Recognizing America’s Best Senior Care Agencies

Top-Rated In-Home Care and Home Health Care Agencies Earn Caring Stars 2026 Honor for Service Excellence

Charlotte, NC; Dec. 11, 2025 — Caring, a leader in senior living referrals and reviews, today announced its “Caring Stars 2026” senior care agency list, celebrating the 10th-year edition of this winner list within its nationally recognized, consumer reviews award program. 

The honorees represent the ‘best of the best’ — senior care agencies who are rated highly by seniors and their families for quality of companionship, personal care and other in-home services, and who respond to online consumer reviews. Both the reviews and agency responses meet stringent standards before being published on Caring.com. 

“Through 10 years of highlighting service excellence within the in-home care industry, Caring Stars has helped seniors and their families find trusted senior care agencies with confidence,” said Tracey Zhen, CEO of Caring. “This award reflects genuine voices and real experiences — showing which agencies truly excel in delivering compassionate, client-centered companionship and personal care services. We congratulate the Caring Stars of 2026 for meeting and exceeding high standards and enriching the lives of the older adults and families they serve.” 

There is also a special award tier recognition for “Super Stars” or those agencies who’ve earned the Caring Stars award in 3 or more years since 2017. Caring Stars was the first of its kind in the senior living industry when launched in 2012, and senior care agencies were added to the program in 2017.

• 375 agencies in 45 states and the District of Columbia earned the 2026 award
• States with the most winning agencies include: California (39), Texas (31), and Florida (29)
• 293 agencies are Super Stars of 2026

To qualify for Caring Stars 2026, agencies had to have a stellar reviews profile on Caring.com by October 15, 2025, with:

• An overall average rating of 4.5 stars or higher;
• Demonstrated excellence in total published review volume (across all time) and recent reviews (between 10/15/24-10/15/25), with at least one 5-star review in 2025; as well as
• Public responses to the feedback (with at least one review response on every winning profile, and published responses on every 1-star or 2-star negative review). 

Caring also conducted an extensive audit of every review on each agency finalist’s reviews page to uphold review publication validity and award integrity. Caring’s thorough quality assurance process helps ensure trustworthy, transparent recognition that seniors and their families can rely on. 

Visit Caring.com/bestseniorliving to learn more about the 2026 award recipients, or contact reviews@caring.com. Families seeking support in their senior living search can speak with a Caring Family Advisor at (800) 558-0653 for free expert guidance.

With millions of visitors to its flagship website, www.Caring.com , Caring is a leader in senior living referrals and reviews. Founded in 2007, Caring’s mission is to help as many seniors and their caregivers as possible through empathetic, expert guidance. Applying cutting-edge technology to this humane mission, Caring provides relevant senior care information and support, including a directory of local senior living communities and senior care agencies across the United States, as well as 400,000+ consumer reviews. Through a toll-free referral line at (800) 558-0653, Caring’s trusted team of Family Advisors — who are among the most highly trained, highly skilled, and knowledgeable experts in senior living and care — helps seniors and their families research and connect to the most appropriate services and support for their specific situations. For more information about our organization and our free services for seniors and their families, please visit www.caring.com/about and join with Caring on Facebook.