Assisted living, memory care and nursing homes have their own directory pages built from state and federal records. The guides here cover the services that come to the person or sit alongside a facility: home care and home health, hospice, independent living and adult day health care.
What types of senior care are available around Richmond?
Families in the Richmond region can choose among in-home care and home health, adult day health care, independent living, VDSS-licensed assisted living (residential or assisted living care), special care units for dementia, CMS-certified nursing homes and hospice, which can be delivered in any of those settings.
See the directory for the licensed facilities.
How do home care, hospice and adult day fit with a facility move in Richmond?
They are often steps along the way rather than alternatives: home care and adult day health care can delay or prevent a move, hospice can come into any setting, and independent living can be the first step onto a campus that later provides licensed assisted living.
The guides below explain who licenses each service in Virginia, who pays, and what to ask a provider in the Richmond region before you sign anything.
Which Virginia agency licenses each type of care?
VDSS's Division of Licensing Programs licenses assisted living facilities and adult day centers, the Virginia Department of Health licenses nursing homes, home care organizations and hospices, and independent living needs no license at all.
How do I know whether a Richmond care provider is licensed?
Check the licensing agency's own search: VDSS for assisted living and adult day centers, and the Virginia Department of Health for home care organizations, hospices and nursing homes; nursing homes and hospices also appear on Medicare's Care Compare.
Care type guides
In-home care in the Richmond area
Non-medical home care runs about $6,673/month at 44 hours a week in Virginia (CareScout 2025). How home care differs from Medicare home health and how the CCC Plus Waiver helps in Richmond.
Read →Hospice care in the Richmond region
Hospice in the Richmond area is delivered at home, in assisted living, in nursing homes or inpatient units. Eligibility, Medicare's hospice benefit and questions to ask a provider.
Read →Independent living around Richmond
Independent living in the Richmond area: what it includes, why it needs no Virginia license, continuing care campuses with licensed assisted living, and questions to ask.
Read →Adult day health care and respite
Adult day health care costs about $1,750/month in Virginia at five days a week (CareScout 2025). How adult day and respite work for Richmond caregivers and who pays.
Read →| Comes to the person | Person moves | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples | Home care, home health, hospice | Assisted living, memory care, nursing home |
| Licensing record | Agency license | Facility license and inspections |
