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Brea, California · Orange County
Caregiver Jobs in Brea, CA
Brea is an Orange County city of 47,656 where the hospital, its skilled nursing unit, three hospices, three home health agencies and eight licensed home care organizations all have addresses in ZIP 92821. Family requests from Brea appear above as they are published.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Brea
Two state datasets show who in Brea is licensed to employ caregivers. CDPH's licensing data, dated October 16, 2026, includes Kindred Hospital Brea at 875 N. Brea Blvd. with 48 general acute care beds and a 38-bed skilled nursing unit licensed at the same address, three home health agencies, three hospices and Brea Dialysis Center on Tamarack Avenue. Their offices are on streets such as South Randolph Avenue, West Lambert Road and East Imperial Highway, but home health and hospice staff do their work in patients' homes, so expect to drive between visits.
Licensed senior housing employs aides too. CDSS's May 2025 licensing file counts 13 licensed elder care facilities in Brea. Four are large: Capriana, a continuing care retirement community on La Floresta Drive licensed for 200, Brookdale Brea on West Central Avenue (110), Cogir of Brea on Madison Way (110) and Silverado Brea on West Lambert Road (70). The other nine are six-bed homes. Private families also hire directly. ACS 2020–2024 counts 1,528 Brea homes in which a person aged 65-plus is the only occupant. State your days, your languages and whether you have a car, then watch for 92821 postings above.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Brea, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Brea
Brea postings can include daytime company and meals for an older adult who lives alone; rides to the senior center at 500 S. Sievers Ave. or to medical visits; short-term help at home after a stay at Kindred Hospital Brea; and evening or overnight dementia supervision so a spouse can sleep. Newcomers can start with errands and company, then add NOCE's tuition-free Personal Care Aide courses.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Brea: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange counties combined); private rates on CaregiverConnect are agreed between each caregiver and family and are not tracked by any agency.
| Measure | Hourly | Source and coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Home health and personal care aides, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange counties combined) | $16.50 median ($17.25 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 385,530 jobs; concentration 2.22× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Orange County | $18.90 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. The state minimum wage ($16.90 an hour from 1 January 2026; some cities set more, for example $17.75 in the City of San Diego) is the legal floor, and a personal attendant earns overtime at 1.5× after 9 hours in a day or 45 in a week. The main exceptions are IHSS recipients and an employer's own parent, spouse or child. Source: California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ.
About 4.2% of Brea's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Brea's figure is a tenth of a point above Orange County's 4.1% and well under California's 5.3%; Brea's labor force averaged about 23,950, and the monthly figure ranged from 3.5% to 4.8%. For a caregiver the more useful numbers are what the work pays. An IHSS provider whose client lives in Brea earns $18.90 an hour, the Orange County rate; see the Orange County IHSS guide for enrollment.
Brea is absent from the July 2026 California table in UC Berkeley's local minimum wage inventory; a Brea household that employs you therefore owes at least the statewide $16.90. NOCE puts the average for personal care aides at $17.00 to $21.00 an hour. ACS 2020–2024 puts Brea's median household income at $131,129 and median gross rent at $2,397. If you bring dementia, transfer or overnight experience, you can ask for more than the IHSS rate. California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights means a Brea family that keeps you past nine hours on a shift, or past 45 across the week, owes those extra hours at time and a half.
How to enroll as a provider in Orange County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Orange County guide. IHSS wages for every county we cover, with effective dates, are in the IHSS pay by county guide.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Rules
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Brea
Brea sets no caregiver rules beyond state law. Companion and personal care done privately for a Brea household requires no state license. Agency work is different: Home Instead – Brea on South Randolph Avenue, Nightingale Senior Care on East Lambert Road and the city's other licensed home care organizations may not send you to a client until you hold state Home Care Aide registration, which costs $35. Nursing-assistant work in a skilled nursing unit such as Kindred Hospital Brea's, or aide work for one of the three home health agencies, calls for CDPH certification. IHSS provider enrollment runs through the county Social Services Agency and the IHSS Public Authority, both described on the Orange County page. Live Scan fingerprinting is available in town, per the Attorney General's directory, at Brea Mail N More on South Associated Road and C9 Services on East Lambert Road. Caregivers of elders are mandated reporters of abuse; the requirements guide explains each step.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Brea
Employers, classes and job help for caregivers in Brea, verified on their websites or in state licensing records during October 2026.
- Kindred Hospital Brea875 N. Brea Blvd. CDPH licenses 48 general acute care beds and, at the same address, a 38-bed distinct-part skilled nursing facility; CDPH lists no other skilled nursing facility in Brea.
- Home health agencies and hospices with Brea officesCDPH lists AmberKare Home Health (595 W. Lambert Rd.), Healthcare Solutions Services (265 S. Randolph Ave.) and Home Care Nurses and Home Care Providers (259 S. Randolph Ave.), plus Saint Verena Hospice Care (500 S. Kraemer Blvd.), Gabrielle Hospice Care (3230 E. Imperial Hwy.) and WeCare Hospice and Palliative Services (405 S. State College Blvd.).
- Licensed home care organizationsCDSS's May 2025 file shows eight licensed and two pending in Brea. Besides Home Instead and Nightingale, licensees include Medica In-Home Care on Pointe Drive and 1Heart Caregiver Services on South Brea Boulevard; three licensed agencies and one pending share a single suite at 135 S. State College Blvd.
- NOCE Personal Care Aide CertificateA tuition-free North Orange Continuing Education program for entry-level jobs in private homes or residential care; it can take as little as four months. Students pay for books, scrubs and parking. (714) 808-4915.
- OC Workforce Solutions – NorthThe county job center is in Brea itself, in Suite 330 of 675 Placentia Ave.; (866) 500-6587. With the Manchester office closed, youth services are offered here too.
- Easterseals Senior Day Services, Brea3100 E. Birch St.; (714) 672-0343. CDSS licenses the site for up to 40 adults in day care.
The area
Brea in numbers
California's Department of Finance put Brea's population at 47,656 on January 1, 2026. In ACS 2020–2024, 8,177 residents (17.2%) were 65 or older and 899 (1.9%) had reached 85; median age stood at 39.7, and 5,567 of the city's 16,787 households (33.2%) included someone 65-plus. A quarter of older residents (25.5%) report a disability, and 6.9% of residents 65 and over had incomes under the poverty level.
Language is a real factor in matching clients: 36.6% of Brea residents five and older speak a language other than English at home, 16.6% an Asian or Pacific Islander language, 14.7% Spanish and 4.7% another Indo-European language. Commutes average 31.2 minutes, 74.1% of workers drive alone and only 0.6% take transit, so having your own car matters for many jobs. Neighboring pages: La Habra, Fullerton, Placentia and Rowland Heights, which is in Los Angeles County and pays a different IHSS rate.
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Caregiver jobs near Brea
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Brea is part of Orange County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Guides
Useful reading
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained · How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026) · Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency · Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
Sources (checked 2026-10-20):
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 1, 2026 California table)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Aide registration ($35 fee)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (elder care, adult residential and day, home care organizations; May 2025)
- NOCE, Personal Care Aide Certificate
- OC Workforce Solutions
- Easterseals Southern California, locations and programs
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Orange County
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Brea city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Brea: frequently asked questions
Does Brea have a nursing home?
Yes, one unit. Kindred Hospital Brea holds a CDPH license for a 38-bed skilled nursing facility inside its building on North Brea Boulevard, alongside its 48 acute care beds. CDPH lists no free-standing skilled nursing facility elsewhere in the city.
Which hospices are based in Brea?
CDPH's October 2026 list shows three: Saint Verena Hospice Care on South Kraemer Boulevard, Gabrielle Hospice Care on East Imperial Highway and WeCare Hospice and Palliative Services on South State College Boulevard. Ask each one directly which certificates it requires for aide roles.
Do Brea home care agencies need me to be registered?
Yes. Each of the eight home care organizations CDSS has licensed in Brea has to confirm your Home Care Aide registration before your first assignment. A family hiring you on its own does not need that registration.
How much is IHSS pay for a Brea client?
$18.90 an hour, the Orange County figure that took effect on January 1, 2026. Rowland Heights clients belong to Los Angeles County and use its rate, since the provider rate is set by the client's county of residence.
Is there a city minimum wage in Brea?
No. The Labor Center at UC Berkeley tracks local wage laws and lists none for Brea, so a household that employs you directly must pay at least California's $16.90.
How do Brea families reach caregivers on this site?
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