It’s perhaps no surprise that the second most populated state in the nation has the second most nursing homes too. (California has the most.) But did you know that Texas ranks at the bottom for another population statistic? Just 10.3 percent of Texans are 65 or older. Yet Texas ranks among the states with the cheapest estimated prices for adult day care, home care and semi-private nursing home rooms in the country.

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 1189
• Assisted living residences: 1,433*

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted living facilities
• Residential care homes (adult foster care)
• Nursing homes

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $35 per day
• Home care: $17 per hour
• Home health-care: $18 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 3,246 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $133 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $177 per day

State websites for seniors:

• Harris County Area Agency on Aging
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
• Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities Handbook

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-800-252-5400
• In nursing homes: 1-800-458-9858

Financial assistance (partial list):

• Medicaid
• Health Information Counseling & Advocacy Program of Texas

Top-10 largest cities:

• Houston
• Dallas
• San Antonio
• Austin
• El Paso
• Fort Worth
• Arlington
• Corpus Christi
• Plano
• Garland

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

Abilene
Wesley Court Methodist Retirement Community

Allen
The Belmont at Twin Creeks

Amarillo
The Arbors
Ware Memorial Care Center

Amherst
Harmonee House

Andrews
Permian Residential Care Center

Angleton
Country Village Care

Arlington
Arbrook Plaza

Athens
West Place Nursing Center

Austin
Emeritus at Spicewood Springs

Bedford
Parkwood Healthcare Community

Bellaire
Brighton Gardens of Bellaire

Bellville
Colonial Belle Nursing Home

Boerne
Cibolo Creek

Bonham
Bonham Nursing and Rehabilitation LP
Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home

Booker
Twin Oaks Manor

Brownsville
Valley Grande Manor

Brownwood
Brownwood Regional Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility
Care Nursing & Rehabilitation
Oak Ridge Manor

Calvert
Calvert Nursing Home

Cameron
Cameron Nursing Center

Carrollton
Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare

Center
Holiday Nursing Center
Pine Grove Nursing Center

Clifton
Goodall Witcher Nursing Facility

Corpus Christi
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi
Holmgreen Center
Wooldridge Place Nursing Center

Corrigan
Corrigan Long Term Care Partners

Corsicana
Heritage Oaks Retirement Village

Crockett
Community Care Center of Crockett

Dallas
C.C. Young Memorial Home
Healthcare Center at The Forum at Park Lane
Signature Pointe on The Lake Healthcare Community
The Plaza at Edgemere Health Care
Traymore Nursing Center

Farmersville
Hinton Home

Flower Mound
Cross Timbers Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

Fort Worth
Renaissance Park Multi Care Center
Stonegate Nursing Center
Trinity Terrace
Village Creek Nursing Home

Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Nursing and Rehabilitation

Gainesville
Renaissance Care Center

Garrison
Garrison Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center

George West
Live Oak Nursing Center LP

Goldthwaite
Hillview Manor

Grand Saline
Anderson Nursing Center

Grapevine
Kindred Healthcare and Rehabilitation ¬– Grapevine
Woodridge Nursing & Rehabilitation

Greenville
Briarcliff Health Center of Greenville
Legend Healthcare and Rehabilitation – Greenville

Groves
Magnolia Manor

Hamlin
Homeplace Manor

Harlingen
Retama Manor Nursing Center/Harlingen

Henrietta
Henrietta Care Center

Houston
Clarewood House Extended Care Center

The Concierge
University Place Nursing Center

Humble
Oakmont Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Humble

Huntsville
Huntsville Health Care Center

Karnes City
Karnes City Health and Rehabilitation Center

Kenedy
John Paul Ii Nursing Home

Kerens
Kerens Care Center

Kerrville
Alpine Terrace

Knox City
Brazos Valley Care Home

Kountze
Kountze Nursing Center

Lakeway
The Summit at Lakeway Healthcare Center

Lake Worth
Lake Worth Nursing Home

Laredo
Retama Manor/Laredo South

Lewisville
Lake Village Nursing And Rehabilitation

Livingston
Pine Ridge Health Care
The Bradford at Brookside
Timberwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Lockney
Lockney Health and Rehabilitation Center

Longview
Buckner Westminster Place
Longview Regional Medical Center

Lubbock
Golden Age Nursing Home

Lufkin
Pinecrest Retirement Community
Stoneleigh Estates

Mabank
Mabank Nursing Home

McKinney
Baybrooke Village Care and Rehab Center

Mesquite
Christian Care Center

Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Springs Healthcare Center

Muenster
Muenster Health & Rehabilitation

Nacogdoches
Lexington Place Nursing & Rehabilitation

Odessa
Seabury Center Nursing Care Unit

Palestine
Cartmell Home for Aged

Plano
Life Care Center of Plano
Prestonwood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

Pleasanton
Retama Manor Nursing Center/Pleasanton North
Retama Manor Nursing Center/Pleasanton South

Refugio
Mission Ridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

Rusk
The Arbors Healthcare and Rehabilitation

San Angelo
Elsie Gayer Health Care Center
Sagecrest Alzheimer’s Care Center
Trisun Care Center Meadow Creek

San Antonio
AFV I Health Care Center
AFV Ii Health Care Center
Highland Nursing Center
Huebner Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center
The Sarah Roberts French Home

Shepherd
Woodland Park

Silsbee
Silsbee Convalescent Center

Stephenville
Stephenville Nursing and Rehabilitation

Texarkana
Heritage Plaza Nursing Center

Waco
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center

Weatherford
Peach Tree Place

Weslaco
Valley Grande Manor

Whitney
Town Hall Estates Whitney

Winnsboro
Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Winnsboro

Wolfe City
Smith Nursing and Rehabilitation

Wortham
Wortham Rehabilitation Center

Wylie
Founders Plaza Nursing & Rehab
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care

Yorktown
Yorktown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates, and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.