Las Cruces is a bustling city of 112,914 located in southern New Mexico, approximately 40 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border and northwest of El Paso, Texas. Roughly 16% of Las Cruces residents are 65 years of age or older, which is slightly lower than the national senior rate of 16.8%. The city’s great for retirees concerned with keeping their budgets under control, as its overall cost of living is 15% below the U.S. average and its average price for housing is 25% below that same average. The main hospital in Las Cruces is Memorial Medical Center, which scores a high grade in U.S. News and World Report‘s annual hospital rankings for the quality of its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care.
According to 2021 price data collected by Genworth Financial, the average monthly cost of home care in Las Cruces is $4,195. Home health care, which also offers in-home support but involves more of a clinical component, is performed by registered professionals such as nurses and doctors and hence is more expensive.
Below we’ve compiled a comprehensive directory of every home care provider in Las Cruces– complete with services offered and reviews from families who’ve actually used the service. In addition to our in-depth provider listings, we’ve compiled resources to help seniors and their families to access all the tools they need to age in place safely and gracefully.