According to the 2025 CareScout survey, a non-medical caregiver in Ohio runs about $34 an hour, while assisted living runs a median of $6,103 a month. At roughly 20 hours a week, hourly in-home care can cost less than assisted living, but full-time round-the-clock in-home care quickly exceeds facility costs since hourly rates add up fast across 24-hour coverage.
The detail behind the number
The comparison depends entirely on how many hours of help someone actually needs each week; a few hours of assistance a day for bathing and meal prep can genuinely cost less at home than a move to assisted living.
The math flips once care needs grow toward round-the-clock supervision, since stacking $34-an-hour non-medical caregiver rates across 24 hours a day adds up to far more than a facility's median monthly rate, which spreads staffing costs across many residents.
For a family in Medina or Geauga County weighing whether Dad can stay home a while longer, running the actual hours-needed math against both the hourly caregiver rate and the local facility quote is more useful than relying on general cost comparisons online.
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