Short-term coverage so the family caregiver can rest, travel, recover, or simply stop.
Who it is for: Anyone doing the caring themselves. Which, in most families, is one specific exhausted person.
What to know before you call anyone
Book it before you need it
Respite requested on Tuesday for Wednesday is hard to staff well. Respite booked three weeks out gets you a caregiver who has met the client. If you know you have a wedding, a surgery, or a breaking point coming, schedule against it now.
There are funded options if you qualify
Nevada's Frail Elderly waiver covers unskilled respite, and the VA covers respite care for eligible veterans as a distinct benefit. Both have eligibility gates and neither is instant, but for a recurring need they are worth the paperwork.
A trial run is the real point
Families who have never used an agency should treat the first respite booking as a test of the agency, not just a break. You learn more about how a company actually operates from one weekend than from three sales calls.
What it costs
There is no separate price list for respite care at home — it is priced off the same hourly structure as any other in-home care, with differentials. The Nevada statewide median for a non-medical caregiver is $37 an hour.
See what care costs per month at every hours-per-week level.
Full cost breakdown, including shift minimums and differentials.
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Licensed agencies in Las Vegas and Clark County
We track 405 agencies licensed by Nevada HCQC to provide personal care services in the home across Las Vegas and Clark County, pulled from the state's public license registry in November 2026. Nearly all of them provide respite care at home in some form; what varies is depth of experience and whether they can actually staff your specific schedule. Browse the full list, or answer the questions above and we will narrow it for you.
See what a licensed caregiver is allowed to do.
See the tasks state regulation forbids a caregiver to do.
Related
Hourly in-home care
The most common way care starts: a caregiver for a set block of hours on set days.
24-hour home care
Awake caregivers in rotating shifts, around the clock.
Live-in caregivers
One caregiver stays in the home, with a private place to sleep and defined off-hours.
Overnight caregivers
Coverage from evening to morning, awake or asleep depending on need.
Personal care and bathing help
Hands-on help with bathing, dressing, grooming, the bathroom, and getting around.
Companion care
Company, conversation, activity and light supervision — without hands-on personal care.
Common questions
Is respite care at home covered by Medicare?
No. Medicare covers skilled, doctor-ordered home health for homebound patients. Personal care at home — help with bathing, dressing, meals, mobility and company — is not a Medicare benefit, whichever form it takes.
How much does respite care at home cost in Las Vegas?
It is priced off the standard hourly structure. The Nevada statewide median for a non-medical caregiver is $37 an hour per the CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025, with differentials for overnights, weekends and higher acuity.
Do I need a licensed agency for this in Nevada?
To buy it as a service, yes — Nevada requires an agency providing personal care services in the home to hold a license under NRS Chapter 449B. You can also hire a caregiver privately, which is legal and shifts the employer obligations, background checks, insurance and backup coverage onto you.
Sources for this page
- CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 — state data tables — CareScout (Genworth), 2025. More than 25,000 rates collected from long-term care providers nationwide between July and November 2025. Annual figures assume 44 hours a week for 52 weeks.
- Home health services — Medicare.gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2026.
- NAC Chapter 449 — including NAC 449.396 to 449.3982 — Nevada Legislature, 2026.
- NRS Chapter 449B — Agencies to Provide Personal Care Services and Related Entities — Nevada Legislature, 2025.
Reviewed by the Vegas Senior Advisor care team. Last updated November 11, 2026. Spot something wrong? Call (725) 465-8617 and we will correct it within one business day.
