Home Health Care in Fort Worth & Tarrant County — Medicaid, STAR+PLUS & Family Caregivers

Newport Home Health helps Fort Worth and Tarrant County families arrange dependable in-home care through Texas Medicaid. Our caregivers support seniors, adults with disabilities, and children with special health-care needs right where they live — in Fort Worth neighborhoods from the west side to far north Fort Worth, across the Mid-Cities, and throughout surrounding Tarrant County.

We are a licensed Texas Home and Community Support Services Agency (HCSSA), and hundreds of DFW families are on service with us today. Our office at 2080 N State Hwy 360, Suite 350 in Grand Prairie sits about 15 minutes up SH-360 from Fort Worth, so a care coordinator who knows Tarrant County — its health plans, its paperwork, and its neighborhoods — is never far away.

Have questions right now? Call 972-602-3500. A real person answers, and it costs nothing to talk through your options.

Home Care Services We Provide in Fort Worth

Most of our Fort Worth clients receive care through Texas Medicaid, and every care plan is built around the hours their plan authorizes and the help their family actually needs. Here is what we do day to day:

Texas Medicaid & STAR+PLUS in Tarrant County

For most adults in Fort Worth, long-term home care is covered through STAR+PLUS, the Texas Medicaid managed-care program for seniors and adults with disabilities. Members choose a health plan, and that plan authorizes weekly personal attendant hours based on an in-home assessment.

Newport works with all four STAR+PLUS plans serving Tarrant County: Molina Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Superior HealthPlan, and Wellpoint. Here is how the process usually goes:

1. Your loved one enrolls in Medicaid and chooses a STAR+PLUS health plan (or already has one).
2. The plan’s service coordinator visits the home and assesses how much help is needed with daily activities.
3. The plan authorizes attendant-care hours, and the family chooses an agency — that is where Newport comes in.
4. We match a caregiver, and care begins on a schedule that works for your family.

Eligibility and hours are decided by Texas Medicaid and the health plan, not by us — but our team handles this paperwork every day and will tell you honestly what to expect. Start with our STAR+PLUS guide, read the broader Medicaid & Medicare coverage overview, or just call 972-602-3500.

Get Paid to Care for a Family Member in Fort Worth

If you already spend your days caring for a parent, grandparent, or another loved one in Fort Worth, Texas Medicaid may allow you to be paid for that work. It is one of the most common questions we get — and yes, it is real.

With Newport’s agency option, we hire you as your loved one’s caregiver: you earn $13–14 per hour, we handle payroll, training, and scheduling, and a full care team backs you up. Texas also offers Consumer Directed Services (CDS), where the family acts as the employer and manages the care budget through a financial management agency. Many Fort Worth families start with the agency option because it is simpler, then switch to CDS later if they want more control.

One honest note: the person receiving care must qualify for Medicaid attendant hours first, and a few relationships (such as spouses, in most programs) have restrictions — we will tell you upfront what applies to your family. See our step-by-step guide to becoming a paid caregiver for a family member, and if you have been searching for “CDPAP” in Texas, read CDPAP in Texas — it’s called CDS.

Pediatric Personal Care (Cook Children’s & STAR Kids)

Newport also serves Tarrant County families whose children have Medicaid coverage through Cook Children’s Health Plan — the Tarrant-area STAR Kids and CHIP plan — as well as Aetna Better Health of Texas. Our attendants provide personal care services at home for children with disabilities and complex medical needs: bathing, dressing, feeding, mobility, and daily routines, scheduled around school and therapy.

If your child already has authorized personal care hours — or you are not sure whether your child qualifies — call 972-602-3500. We will check eligibility with you and explain how your plan’s assessment works.

Fort Worth ZIP Codes We Serve

Our caregivers live and work across Tarrant County. Fort Worth-area ZIP codes we serve include:

• Fort Worth: 76107, 76112, 76116, 76119, 76123, 76126, 76132, 76137, 76244
• Mid-Cities: Hurst 76053, Euless 76040, Bedford 76021, Keller 76248, Watauga 76148
• Also serving: Benbrook, Azle, Saginaw, Haltom City, North Richland Hills, and surrounding Tarrant County

Don’t see your area listed? Call us anyway — chances are we can help, and if we cannot, we will point you to someone who can.

Local Resources for Tarrant Seniors & Caregivers

Fort Worth families do not have to figure everything out alone. A few local organizations we often point people to:

• Tarrant County Area Agency on Aging — operated by United Way of Tarrant County, with benefits counseling, caregiver-support programs, and help navigating senior services.
• Alzheimer’s Association — North Central Texas Chapter — a 24/7 helpline (800-272-3900), local support groups, and the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Fort Worth.
• Empowering Seniors — Tarrant County’s free annual expo for older adults and family caregivers, with health screenings and dozens of local resources under one roof.

Fort Worth Home Care FAQs

Does Medicaid cover home care in Fort Worth?

Yes. Texas Medicaid covers in-home personal attendant services for eligible seniors and adults with disabilities in Tarrant County, mainly through STAR+PLUS health plans, and personal care services for eligible children through STAR Kids plans such as Cook Children’s Health Plan. Eligibility depends on financial and functional criteria set by the state and your health plan.

Can I be paid to care for my family member?

In many cases, yes. Through Newport’s agency option you can be hired as your loved one’s caregiver at $13–14 per hour, or your family can use Consumer Directed Services (CDS) and employ you directly. The person receiving care must qualify for Medicaid attendant hours first, and some relationships — such as spouses, in most programs — have restrictions.

Which STAR+PLUS plans does Newport work with in Tarrant County?

We work with Molina Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Superior HealthPlan, and Wellpoint for STAR+PLUS — plus Cook Children’s Health Plan and Aetna Better Health for pediatric personal care.

How fast can home care start?

If your loved one already has authorized Medicaid hours, we can often match a caregiver and begin within a few days, depending on schedule and location. If you are starting from scratch — Medicaid application, plan enrollment, assessment — the process takes longer, but we walk you through every step and keep it moving.

Check Your Eligibility

Tell us a little about your situation and a care coordinator who works with Fort Worth families will follow up — usually the same business day. It costs nothing to check, there is no obligation, and our bilingual (English/Spanish) staff can help in the language you prefer.

Prefer to talk it through? Call us — a real person answers.