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La Palma, California · Orange County
Caregiver Jobs in La Palma, CA
La Palma, the Orange County city of 15,045 residents in the state's 2026 estimate, has a median age of 45.1, and 43.9% of its households include someone over 65. Requests posted for ZIP 90623 are listed above, and your caregiver profile is free.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in La Palma
For a city of about 15,000, La Palma, CA hosts a wide range of licensed care employers. CDPH's licensing data (October 16, 2026) shows La Palma Intercommunity Hospital at 7901 Walker Street, licensed for 104 general acute beds plus a 23-bed acute psychiatric unit and run by Prime Healthcare. The hospital describes its emergency department as geriatric-accredited and its behavioral health service as specializing in geropsychiatry. The same file lists two home health agencies, EMC Home Health Providers on Walker Street and Network Providers for Home Health on La Palma Avenue, and one hospice, Beneficial Hospice and Palliative Care on Moody Street.
According to CDSS licensing data dated May 25, 2025, four home care organizations hold active licenses at La Palma addresses: 1 Saint, Ability West Home Care and Great Comfort Homecare, all at 6 Centerpointe Drive, and Hand-in-Hand Homecare on Walker Street. Ivy Park at La Palma, a residential care home for the elderly on La Palma Avenue, is licensed for 80 residents. Families are the other employer: ACS 2020–2024 counts 729 residents over 65 living alone, 601 of them women. Asian and Pacific Islander languages are the home tongue of 31.2% of La Palma residents aged five or older, and by race 17.1% of residents are Filipino and 12.3% Korean, so Tagalog or Korean is worth listing in your profile if you speak either.
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Families looking for private caregivers near La Palma, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in La Palma
Requests in La Palma tend to follow a hospital stay or a slow decline: help after a joint replacement, a few hours a day for someone living alone, or regular support so a spouse can rest. New caregivers can ask the home care organizations in town about entry-level openings, and the city looks for volunteer Meals on Wheels drivers who deliver about one hour twice a month.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in La Palma: 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 2.9% of La Palma's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, compared with 4.1% for Orange County and 5.3% for California, with monthly readings from 2.5% to 3.3% in a labor force of roughly 7,500. Orange County IHSS providers earn $18.90 an hour; enrollment is covered in our Orange County IHSS guide.
La Palma never adopted a wage law of its own that UC Berkeley's Labor Center records, which makes $16.90, the statewide figure, the minimum for local work. Watch the county line when you take IHSS clients: Hawaiian Gardens, Cerritos and Artesia belong to Los Angeles County, so a client there brings a $19.64 wage. The BLS median ($16.50) and mean ($17.25) blend both counties. ACS puts La Palma's median household income at $117,989 and the median owner-occupied home at $973,600; price dementia, transfer or post-surgery work above your basic companion rate. Should a La Palma family put you on its own payroll as a personal attendant, every hour after the ninth in a day, and after the 45th in a week, is paid at 150%.
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 La Palma
Working directly for a La Palma family in non-medical care requires no license. The four home care organizations in town must register each aide with CDSS as a home care aide before placing them, a $35 registration valid for two years. For the hospital, the home health agencies and the hospice, plan on showing CDPH certification, either as a CNA or as a home health aide. County IHSS enrollment, with its orientation, forms and fingerprinting, runs through Orange County's IHSS Public Authority. WIC §15630 puts a reporting duty on you as a paid caregiver whenever a senior or dependent client shows signs of mistreatment, and the CDSS APS line, 1-833-401-0832, connects by ZIP code to Orange County staff around the clock. Our requirements guide covers each route.
Local resources
Training and career resources near La Palma
Training and local services for La Palma caregivers, checked on each organization's own page in October 2026.
- NOCE Personal Care Aide CertificateNorth Orange Continuing Education, the city's partner for older adult classes, offers a Personal Care Aide certificate covering bathing and personal care, body mechanics, nutrition and infection control. Students must be 18 or older and complete an online orientation before registering. Among the NOCE centers the city lists is the Cypress Center at 9200 Valley View Street.
- La Palma Intercommunity Hospital careersThe Prime Healthcare hospital at 7901 Walker Street links job seekers from its home page to Prime's careers search. Its geriatric-accredited emergency department and geropsychiatry service mean many patients are older adults.
- La Palma Meals on Wheels volunteeringRun by the city's Health and Wellness division. Volunteers drive their own cars on weekday routes about twice a month for an hour; call 714-690-3350. Delivering gets you known to older residents and can lead to a La Palma reference.
- Orange County IHSS Public Authority RegistryThe registry says it is recruiting providers to be referred to IHSS recipients. Applicants submit an application, photo ID and Social Security card and professional references, complete a phone interview, pass a Live Scan background check and attend two orientations. Registry line 714-825-3202.
The area
La Palma in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 3,087 La Palma residents aged 65 or older (20.2%): 1,399 aged 65 to 74, 1,119 aged 75 to 84 and 569 aged 85 and up. Three in ten of them (30.0%) report a disability. Over a third of residents (37.7%) were born abroad, and English is not the home language for 51.8% of people aged five or more. Most homes are owner-occupied (67.6%), median gross rent is $2,262, and 69.2% of workers drive alone, averaging 32.5 minutes to work.
The city's Community Center and Central Park are at 7821 Walker Street, where Recreation and Community Services runs older adult programs. Neighboring pages: Cypress, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens and the Orange County hub.
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Caregiver jobs near La Palma
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La Palma 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):
- City of La Palma, Older Adults
- City of La Palma, Recreation & Community Services
- La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
- North Orange Continuing Education, Personal Care Aide Certificate
- IHSS Public Authority of Orange County, registry provider
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- CDSS, Adult Protective Services
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, La Palma city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in La Palma: frequently asked questions
Who hires caregivers and aides in La Palma, CA?
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, two home health agencies, a hospice, four licensed home care organizations and Ivy Park at La Palma, an 80-bed residential care home, all have La Palma addresses on state files. Private families hire too.
Is unemployment high in La Palma?
No. EDD's 12-month average through August 2026 is about 2.9% for the city, under Orange County's 4.1% and the 5.3% state figure.
What is the minimum wage in La Palma?
California's $16.90, since the city has passed no local minimum wage. IHSS work for an Orange County client pays $18.90.
My IHSS client lives in Hawaiian Gardens. Do I get the Orange County rate?
No. Hawaiian Gardens is in Los Angeles County, so the wage is Los Angeles County's $19.64; IHSS pay follows where the client lives.
Which languages help most with La Palma families?
Asian and Pacific Islander languages first: 31.2% of residents five and older speak one at home, and 11.5% speak one with limited English. Filipino and Korean residents are the largest groups. Spanish (9.0%) and other Indo-European languages (9.9%) follow.
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