Home Care in Tucson, AZ

Before the first day, we work out the visit days, the start times and any overnights with your family. Then we keep that schedule steady, so the person at home knows who's coming and when. If something needs to change later, we talk it through with you first.

A lot of the families who call about Tucson live somewhere else. Maybe you're in Phoenix and the person who needs care is in Oro Valley, or you're out of state and checking in by phone. Keeping everyone informed is part of the care, wherever you are.

The Census estimates 548,371 people live in Tucson, and 16.2% of them are 65 or older. Across Pima County the share is higher, at 24.4%, because several communities around the city are much older than the city itself.

Green Valley, south of town, is the clearest example. The Census counts 80.5% of its residents at 65 or older. Next door, Sahuarita is home to Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita. To the north, Oro Valley was incorporated in 1974 and counts 35.7% of residents at 65 or older, and Oro Valley Hospital is on East Tangerine Road. Marana, incorporated in 1977, is growing fast: Census estimates put it about a quarter larger in 2025 than at the 2020 count.

Closer in, Catalina Foothills and Tanque Verde both count 34.3% of residents at 65 or older, and Casas Adobes is home to nearly 71,000 people. Vail sits on the southeast side. Just across the county line, SaddleBrooke is in Pinal County, and 71.5% of its residents are 65 or older. We serve all of these from our Tucson schedule.

A caregiver can help with a shower, getting dressed and getting safely from the bed to the chair through personal care. With companion care, there's someone to talk with, play cards with and drive to the grocery store. When cooking and housework have slipped, home help for seniors covers meals, laundry and the kitchen.

For someone living with memory loss, dementia home care keeps the day calm and familiar. If one family member is carrying most of the load, respite care gives them real time off. If the long nights are what's wearing everyone down, 24-hour and live-in care means a caregiver stays through them. Our home care services page walks through each kind of help in more detail.

The Santa Catalina Mountains frame the north side of the city, climbing from 2,724 feet at Sabino Canyon to 9,157 feet at the top of Mount Lemmon. Private cars haven't been allowed into Sabino Canyon for decades, not since the late 1970s. Visitors ride the open-air Sabino Canyon Crawler instead, an hour round trip with nine stops, so a trip into the canyon doesn't mean a long walk. Saguaro National Park protects the saguaro forests on both the east and west sides of town.

When getting out gets harder, those places can slip out of the week. A caregiver can drive the person you care for out for a morning in the canyon or a slow loop past the saguaros, and get them home before the afternoon heat.

Pima Council on Aging is the designated Area Agency on Aging for Pima County, founded in 1967. Its programs include Pima Meals on Wheels, caregiver support groups and training, Caregiver Breaks for respite, and Memory Cafes. It's a separate agency from us, and its resource line is listed on pcoa.org.

The City of Tucson runs senior centers too, open Monday through Friday. They include Armory Park Center on South 5th Avenue, the El Pueblo Activity Center on West Irvington Road, and the Carol West Senior Addition at the Morris K. Udall Center on East Tanque Verde Road. A caregiver can help someone get ready for the morning, drive them there and bring them home.

Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, on North Campbell Avenue, is the city's academic medical center. Tucson Medical Center on East Grant Road calls itself Tucson's locally governed nonprofit regional hospital, and it opened in 1944. Northwest Medical Center is on North La Cholla Boulevard, and Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital is on North Wilmot Road.

Coming home is often the hardest part. After a stay at Banner or TMC, post-hospital care brings help with the bathroom, easy meals and a drive back for the follow-up appointment. For a long-term condition like COPD or Parkinson's, chronic condition support keeps the daily routine steady. The medical side stays with their doctors and nurses.

Between the Phoenix metro and Tucson, our Pinal County page covers Casa Grande, Eloy and the towns along I-10. Closer to the metro, we also have pages for Queen Creek and Chandler. The full list of towns and regions is on our service areas page.