The small town of Howell occupies a convenient location in southeast Michigan, with major cities Detroit, Lansing and Ann Arbor all within a hour’s drive. According to U.S. Census data, only about 9,604 people live in Howell itself, approximately 15% of whom are 65 or older. The area’s weather appeals to seniors who prefer a four-season climate, as high temperatures hover around freezing in the winter but rise to a comfortable low 80s in the summer.
Animal lovers may enjoy visits to the Howell Nature Center, which hosts a wildlife refuge and is Michigan’s largest such facility.
Findings from the Genworth Cost of Care Survey 2020 show that average prices for home care in the Howell area are roughly $300 higher than they are nationwide. In Howell, seniors pay an average of $4,767 per month for homemaker services and $4,862 for home health aide services; nationwide, the equivalent numbers are $4,481 and $4,576 per month.
Note: Home care cost data wasn’t available for Howell, so data for the closest city, Ann Arbor, was used.
At Caring.com, we’ve compiled a comprehensive directory of every home care provider in the Howell area – complete with types of care provided, services offered and reviews from families who’ve actually used the service. In addition to our in-depth provider listings, we’ve compiled a list of resources to help seniors and their families access all the tools they need to age in place safely and gracefully.
Directory of Home Care Services in Howell, MI
2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
324 W Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116
Great company, very caring, compassionate, and very hardworking caregivers, especially my caregiver, Nick. I really appreciate the service, the owner and operators. Managers were great.
Great company, very caring, compassionate, and very hardworking caregivers, especially my caregiver, Nick. I really appreciate the service, the owner and operators. Managers were great.
2160 S Huron Pkwy, Suite 4, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104
My family has been supported by the Ann Arbor Home Instead team for close to ten years, first for my father and then my mother. Every individual we have worked with has been professional, compassiona
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My family has been supported by the Ann Arbor Home Instead team for close to ten years, first for my father and then my mother. Every individual we have worked with has been professional, compassionate, vigilant and respectful. Each has added immeasurably to my parent’s lives. Beyond that, the management has been responsive and supportive – I can’t say enough about the great AA Home Instead team!!
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My family has been supported by the Ann Arbor Home Instead team for close to ten years, first for my father and then my mother. Every individual we have worked with has been professional, compassiona
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My family has been supported by the Ann Arbor Home Instead team for close to ten years, first for my father and then my mother. Every individual we have worked with has been professional, compassionate, vigilant and respectful. Each has added immeasurably to my parent’s lives. Beyond that, the management has been responsive and supportive – I can’t say enough about the great AA Home Instead team!!
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124 Pearl St, Suite 203, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197
We offer a wide variety of personal and companion care to our in-home clients. We specialize in fall risk awareness, dementia care, and being your one stop resource for all of your transition needs. H
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We offer a wide variety of personal and companion care to our in-home clients. We specialize in fall risk awareness, dementia care, and being your one stop resource for all of your transition needs. Husband and wife owned and operated.
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We offer a wide variety of personal and companion care to our in-home clients. We specialize in fall risk awareness, dementia care, and being your one stop resource for all of your transition needs. H
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We offer a wide variety of personal and companion care to our in-home clients. We specialize in fall risk awareness, dementia care, and being your one stop resource for all of your transition needs. Husband and wife owned and operated.
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7925 Jones Branch Drive, Suite LL 140, Mclean, VA, 22102
I’m using HomeCare.com. It’s fine. They’re very good and very responsive to any concerns I have, and they’ve provided me with a good health care aide, not great necessarily, but good. They also provid
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I’m using HomeCare.com. It’s fine. They’re very good and very responsive to any concerns I have, and they’ve provided me with a good health care aide, not great necessarily, but good. They also provide light housekeeping, they help me clean myself up, and they take me to my appointment. They get here within a certain time window between 7 and 7:30, and that’s when I need them here. A lot of times my communication is directly with the aides. If she can’t come on a certain day, the agency would contact me to see whether I need some assistance or need somebody to fill me in on a given day. I think I’m paying more than I probably should because they have a mandatory number of days that I can contract for, and that’s probably more than I usually need. To maintain the contract, I have to keep them on a certain number of days.
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I’m using HomeCare.com. It’s fine. They’re very good and very responsive to any concerns I have, and they’ve provided me with a good health care aide, not great necessarily, but good. They also provid
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I’m using HomeCare.com. It’s fine. They’re very good and very responsive to any concerns I have, and they’ve provided me with a good health care aide, not great necessarily, but good. They also provide light housekeeping, they help me clean myself up, and they take me to my appointment. They get here within a certain time window between 7 and 7:30, and that’s when I need them here. A lot of times my communication is directly with the aides. If she can’t come on a certain day, the agency would contact me to see whether I need some assistance or need somebody to fill me in on a given day. I think I’m paying more than I probably should because they have a mandatory number of days that I can contract for, and that’s probably more than I usually need. To maintain the contract, I have to keep them on a certain number of days.
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42450 12 Mile Rd, #215, Novi, MI, 48377
Our family is a current client of this exceptional provider. The Ann Arbor director of Client Services is excellent and has shared very helpful insights and tips about caring for a challenging parent
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Our family is a current client of this exceptional provider. The Ann Arbor director of Client Services is excellent and has shared very helpful insights and tips about caring for a challenging parent with advanced dementia. She matched my Mom to a caregiver whose warmth, compassion, sense of humor, professionalism and in-depth experience with memory care patients has proven her to be the perfect caregiver and companion for my Mom. The office staff are always very helpful and responsive, and being able to manage payments online is easy and much appreciated. Thanks to all my family is blessed to be able to continue to care for my Mom in our home.
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Our family is a current client of this exceptional provider. The Ann Arbor director of Client Services is excellent and has shared very helpful insights and tips about caring for a challenging parent
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Our family is a current client of this exceptional provider. The Ann Arbor director of Client Services is excellent and has shared very helpful insights and tips about caring for a challenging parent with advanced dementia. She matched my Mom to a caregiver whose warmth, compassion, sense of humor, professionalism and in-depth experience with memory care patients has proven her to be the perfect caregiver and companion for my Mom. The office staff are always very helpful and responsive, and being able to manage payments online is easy and much appreciated. Thanks to all my family is blessed to be able to continue to care for my Mom in our home.
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2569 Union Lake Road, Commerce Township, MI, 48382
I’m so happy that I told my doctor that I wanted Affinity to provide me with my rehabilitation after my hip surgery. I was given the best patient care possible. The staff came to visit me at the hospi
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I’m so happy that I told my doctor that I wanted Affinity to provide me with my rehabilitation after my hip surgery. I was given the best patient care possible. The staff came to visit me at the hospital to setup my home care needs before I came home. THANK YOU AFFINITY
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I’m so happy that I told my doctor that I wanted Affinity to provide me with my rehabilitation after my hip surgery. I was given the best patient care possible. The staff came to visit me at the hospi
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I’m so happy that I told my doctor that I wanted Affinity to provide me with my rehabilitation after my hip surgery. I was given the best patient care possible. The staff came to visit me at the hospital to setup my home care needs before I came home. THANK YOU AFFINITY
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2669 Union Lake Road, Commerce Township, MI, 48382
We’ve been using TLC for my parents for about 6 weeks now. They do personal care and sometimes meal preparations and cleaning. This has been really a good change; they’ve been really good. They go to
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We’ve been using TLC for my parents for about 6 weeks now. They do personal care and sometimes meal preparations and cleaning. This has been really a good change; they’ve been really good. They go to their house every day, twice a day. They are extremely caring and well-trained. I would like to see a weekly schedule so I know who is going to be there and such.
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We’ve been using TLC for my parents for about 6 weeks now. They do personal care and sometimes meal preparations and cleaning. This has been really a good change; they’ve been really good. They go to
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We’ve been using TLC for my parents for about 6 weeks now. They do personal care and sometimes meal preparations and cleaning. This has been really a good change; they’ve been really good. They go to their house every day, twice a day. They are extremely caring and well-trained. I would like to see a weekly schedule so I know who is going to be there and such.
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31700 W 13 Mile Rd, Ste 212, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334
We have used Nothing But Us Care for my spouse, and they’re excellent. We were very pleased with the service that we got from them. They did just about everything we asked. The caregiver who came was
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We have used Nothing But Us Care for my spouse, and they’re excellent. We were very pleased with the service that we got from them. They did just about everything we asked. The caregiver who came was willing to do anything we asked, including cleaning. Even though it’s hard work for me to ask, she wanted to be busy, so she volunteered to do whatever she could to help. She also cooked, did light cleaning every day that she was here, she was always available, very friendly, and very nice. We enjoyed having her here. They’re a smaller agency, so I spoke directly to one of the owners of the company. I thought they would be very responsive to what we needed, and that turned out to be the case.
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We have used Nothing But Us Care for my spouse, and they’re excellent. We were very pleased with the service that we got from them. They did just about everything we asked. The caregiver who came was
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We have used Nothing But Us Care for my spouse, and they’re excellent. We were very pleased with the service that we got from them. They did just about everything we asked. The caregiver who came was willing to do anything we asked, including cleaning. Even though it’s hard work for me to ask, she wanted to be busy, so she volunteered to do whatever she could to help. She also cooked, did light cleaning every day that she was here, she was always available, very friendly, and very nice. We enjoyed having her here. They’re a smaller agency, so I spoke directly to one of the owners of the company. I thought they would be very responsive to what we needed, and that turned out to be the case.
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1055 Charter Dr, Ste 102, Flint, MI, 48532
I would recommend MPI Home Care because they are accommodating and the nurses were hand picked. The services help us to not have to be with the cleint all the time. She has dementia and cannot take c
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I would recommend MPI Home Care because they are accommodating and the nurses were hand picked. The services help us to not have to be with the cleint all the time. She has dementia and cannot take care of herself any longer. They come in and make my mother happy.
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I would recommend MPI Home Care because they are accommodating and the nurses were hand picked. The services help us to not have to be with the cleint all the time. She has dementia and cannot take c
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I would recommend MPI Home Care because they are accommodating and the nurses were hand picked. The services help us to not have to be with the cleint all the time. She has dementia and cannot take care of herself any longer. They come in and make my mother happy.
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4125 Okemos Rd., Okemos, MI, 48864
We hired First Light to care for my father in his final months. Deb and her staff cared for dad around the clock for nearly 90 days before he passed. Being an elder law attorney, I know how hard it i
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We hired First Light to care for my father in his final months. Deb and her staff cared for dad around the clock for nearly 90 days before he passed. Being an elder law attorney, I know how hard it is to get good, caring people to provide consistent, heartfelt care. The crew from First Light was amazing! I remember when I told my dad we’d be getting him caregivers–he hated the idea. 3 days before he passed, he thanked me for hiring First Light–he said they had become great friends! Can’t think of a better compliment.
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We hired First Light to care for my father in his final months. Deb and her staff cared for dad around the clock for nearly 90 days before he passed. Being an elder law attorney, I know how hard it i
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We hired First Light to care for my father in his final months. Deb and her staff cared for dad around the clock for nearly 90 days before he passed. Being an elder law attorney, I know how hard it is to get good, caring people to provide consistent, heartfelt care. The crew from First Light was amazing! I remember when I told my dad we’d be getting him caregivers–he hated the idea. 3 days before he passed, he thanked me for hiring First Light–he said they had become great friends! Can’t think of a better compliment.
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19086 Tipsico Lake Rd, Fenton, MI, 48430
The caregivers that come to my house provide wonderful care for my husband. They are nice, willing to go above and beyond what I ask for, and are great at keeping things in order when I’m not home. Be
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The caregivers that come to my house provide wonderful care for my husband. They are nice, willing to go above and beyond what I ask for, and are great at keeping things in order when I’m not home. Before it was getting impossible to get a break or even get anything done around my house, but now with Tanglewood’s Help I get more done, my husband is well cared for and enjoys the outside company, and I can get out of the house more often. Very Thankful for the services they have provided my family!
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The caregivers that come to my house provide wonderful care for my husband. They are nice, willing to go above and beyond what I ask for, and are great at keeping things in order when I’m not home. Be
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The caregivers that come to my house provide wonderful care for my husband. They are nice, willing to go above and beyond what I ask for, and are great at keeping things in order when I’m not home. Before it was getting impossible to get a break or even get anything done around my house, but now with Tanglewood’s Help I get more done, my husband is well cared for and enjoys the outside company, and I can get out of the house more often. Very Thankful for the services they have provided my family!
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PO Box 640, Flushing, MI, 48433
23409 Jefferson Ave Ste 102, Saint Clair Shores, MI, 48080
37771 W 7 Mile Rd # A, Livonia, MI, 48152
903 E Clinton St, Suite 102, Howell, MI, 48843
Howell Home Care Resources
Home care services are only one of the pieces needed for seniors to gracefully age in place. There are many services and programs that are low-cost or free, that enable seniors to enjoy an independent lifestyle in the comfort of their own home, such as help with home modifications, meal delivery services, and more. Below, we’ve compiled a few of the most helpful resources in Howell:
Address: 1661 N. Latson Rd. Howell, MI 48843
Phone: (517) 546-0693
Operated by the Howell Area Parks & Recreation Authority, this social hub for seniors organizes and administers a wide array of fitness and education programs. Activities include book discussion clubs, knitting groups, live music performances and low-impact intramural sports such as pickleball. The center’s programming is open to adults ages 50 and up.
Address: 29100 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 400, Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (800) 852-7795
Covering residents of Livingston and five other Michigan counties, this nonprofit organization supports seniors by providing access to services that can help them delay or avoid moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility. The AAA 1-B runs meal delivery and community dining programs, in addition to an ombudsman program that helps seniors who have concerns about the quality of their home care.
Address: 29100 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 400, Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (855) 697-4332
Part of the AAA 1-B’s senior-related offerings, the myride2 service focuses on connecting seniors with low-cost curb-to-curb transportation options for safe travel. In addition to its concierge services, myride2 staff provides educational seminars that help teach seniors how to use public transportation and a counseling service for seniors deciding to cease driving independently. There is no cost for the myride2 service itself, but third-party transportation services may charge users a fee.
Address: 2020 E. Grand River, Suite #104, Howell, MI 48843
Phone: (517) 545-5944
This faith-based organization’s Community Liaison program offers area seniors help with locating legal services, financial support, low-cost home repair, elder-focused psychological counseling and assistance with paying for prescription drugs, among other common needs. As Certified Medicare & Medicaid Assistance Program counselors, the LCCC’s specialists can also help seniors understand and apply for related benefits.
Address: 2280 E. Grand River, Howell, MI 48843
Phone: (517) 404-0614
The CMHSLC offers home-based emotional and physical support services to Howell seniors through its Senior Reach program. The program focuses on helping withdrawn or disoriented elderly adults access help before a crisis occurs. Specialists can also intervene to help seniors who are at risk of misusing prescription drugs. Concerned third parties may request Senior Reach’s free services on a senior’s behalf, but such services are contingent on the senior’s consent and cooperation.
Determining Your Loved One’s Need for In-Home Care
Aging can be a difficult process, and loved ones may not always ask for help – oftentimes it’s up to their family to evaluate their need for help around the house. While no two situations are exactly alike, this checklist can help you and your loved ones determine when it’s time to start the search for a home care provider.
Guidelines for Talking About In-Home Care
If you’ve determined that your loved one needs the assistance of a care provider in their home, it may be time for a difficult conversation. Handled correctly, however, this process can bring a family together and ensure that everyone’s concerns are addressed. Use this PDF as a starting point to help the conversation stay as positive and productive as possible.
