Berea, Kentucky · Madison County

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How to find an in-home caregiver in Berea

Berea is a city in Madison County, Kentucky. Census Bureau estimates show it growing, from 15,532 at the April 2020 base to 16,662 on July 1, 2025. Berea skews young, with a median age of 33.2 in the ACS 2020–2024 profile, yet it still has 2,070 residents who are 65 or older (13.1%). A quarter of its households (25.3%) include someone in that age group, 389 households are women 65 and over who live alone, and 31.0% of older residents report a disability. About four in ten Berea homes are rented (41.3%), and 6.5% of households have no vehicle.

The process on CaregiverConnect is simple. Write a posting that lists the days and times, the help your parent needs (getting up and dressed, meals, bathing, errands, company) and the hourly pay on offer. People who are interested apply, and you message them, interview the ones you like and hire one. The profile cards above change as caregivers join, listed by how far they live from Berea. Richmond, the larger Madison County city, is about 12 straight-line miles away, and its own page covers in-home caregivers in Richmond; a wider search radius may bring in applicants from there.

Kentucky Medicaid can also pay for care at home. Through the Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver, and its Participant Directed Services (PDS) option, a parent can hire some family members as paid workers. The Kentucky guide to paid family caregiving walks through the steps.

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Private in-home caregivers near Berea, KY

Independent caregivers with profiles on CaregiverConnect whose home base is within 50 miles. You agree on duties, schedule and pay directly with the person you hire.

Caregiver in Richmond, KY

about 12 mi from Berea · 6+ yrs experience

Dementia careHousekeepingErrandsMeal preppart-timeHas vehicle

$20/hrSee full profile

1 of 1 available caregiver within 50 miles of Berea, nearest first. Names, photos, bios, references and the Verified badge details are shown once you create a free family account; this public page keeps caregivers anonymous.

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Types of in-home care families in Berea arrange

All non-medical. For nursing tasks (injections, wound care, catheters) you need a licensed home health agency, not a private caregiver.

Senior care at home · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Overnight and live-in · Post-surgery recovery · Part-time and flexible

Choosing well

Evaluating caregivers in Berea

CaregiverConnect does no screening, so do your own. Start with the Kentucky Caregiver Misconduct Registry: it is free, can be searched around the clock, and shows whether the Cabinet has entered a validated, substantiated abuse, neglect or exploitation finding against a person, for incidents on or after July 15, 2014. Its rules cover individuals looking for direct caregiving work in a private setting, which is exactly what a family hire is, and a paper self-query exists for anyone without internet access. Next, interview the caregiver at your parent's home, ask how they handled a past client's fall or a refused dose, and phone two families they worked for. If you would like a criminal record search as well, a background screening firm can do one after the caregiver signs a consent. Then agree a few paid trial shifts before settling on a regular schedule.

Questions families here ask at interview

Are you comfortable with me searching the Caregiver Misconduct Registry for your name first?
Could you drive my father to Saint Joseph Hospital on Estill Street and stay through his appointment?
Have you ever been hired through PDS under the HCB waiver, and do you know how the timesheets for the financial management agency work?
My mother rents a second-floor apartment. How would you help her with the stairs on bad days?
When someone with memory loss became anxious in the evening, what calmed them?
Is your rate the same for companionship as for bathing, toileting or a night shift?

Schedules and cost

What in-home care costs in Berea: hourly rates and schedules

Common requests from Berea families include a short early visit so a parent can bathe, dress and take morning pills; two or three afternoons of company, cooking and light chores; a driver who waits through medical appointments; and weekend or overnight cover so a working relative can rest or travel. While a parent waits for an HCB slot (CHFS orders the list by application date), private hours can fill the months before services begin.

Reference point	Hourly	Source
Employed aides, Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area (includes Madison County)	$17.63 median	BLS OEWS, May 2025
Kentucky minimum wage	$7.25	effective July 1, 2009
Agency non-medical caregiver, Kentucky median (CareScout 2025)	$33.00	CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025

Who is the employer. When you hire a caregiver directly, you are the employer. The Kentucky minimum wage is $7.25 an hour (effective July 1, 2009); the federal minimum of $7.25 and federal overtime rules apply to directly employed caregivers unless the work is exempt companionship under the FLSA. Source: US Department of Labor, direct care workers; the state source is listed at the end of this page.

Madison County sits in the 24-county Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area in the BLS definitions. In May 2025 that area employed 2,410 home health and personal care aides at an hourly median of $17.63 (mean $17.66), a little above the Kentucky median of $17.52; nursing assistants in the same area earned a $17.97 median. For agency care, CareScout's 2025 survey gives Kentucky medians of $33 an hour for a non-medical caregiver ($6,197 monthly on a 44-hour week) and $88 a day for adult day health care. Kentucky's $7.25 minimum wage dates from July 1, 2009, time-and-a-half overtime begins after 40 hours a week, and the U.S. Department of Labor notes a separate Kentucky seventh-day overtime law. A private Berea hire usually costs more than the aide median and less than the agency rate.

No agency tracks private rates. A caregiver you hire directly will usually expect more than the employed-aide median and less than an agency rate; every caregiver on this site lists an hourly rate on their profile, and the hiring guide covers taxes and overtime.

Local help

Caregiver resources for families in Berea

Bluegrass Aging & Disability Resource CenterPhone 859-266-1116 or toll-free 1-866-665-7921. Every program of the Bluegrass Area Agency on Aging (BGAAAIL) starts here; the Bluegrass ADD region covers 17 counties, Madison among them. Staff assess needs by phone or in person, and anyone may make a referral. Its Homecare program, running since 1982, helps frail people 60 and older with bathing, laundry, meals, shopping, light housekeeping and caregiver respite, with fees on a sliding scale.
HCB waiver and Participant Directed Services (Kentucky CHFS)Eligibility: age 65 or over and/or a physical disability, nursing facility requirements under 907 KAR 1:022, and the special waiver financial rules of Medicaid. Step one is Medicaid itself (kynect, or DCBS on (855) 306-8959); step two is the HCB application, through kynect or in person at an ADRC or Community Mental Health Center. DAIL questions: (877) 315-0589.
CommonSpirit Saint Joseph Hospital, Berea305 Estill Street, Berea, 859-986-3151. A 25-bed critical access hospital, founded on the Berea College grounds in 1898, for residents of Madison, Estill, Garrard, Jackson and Rockcastle counties. Emergency care around the clock, geriatric medicine for memory loss, balance and medication problems, and a swing bed program.
Saint Joseph Berea Healthy AgingSame Estill Street campus, 859-986-6301. Group, individual and family therapy for older adults coping with life changes. A physician referral is needed; the first screening is free and a meal is served on each treatment day.
Berea Police Department, Community Resources Coordinator212 Chestnut Street, 859-986-8456. The city office that gathers information on local social services and refers residents to them, and also acts as the victims' advocate.
Federated Transportation Services of the BluegrassPhone 859-233-0066 (toll-free 1-888-848-0989). Kentucky's Medicaid ride broker for Region 11, which includes Madison County. Call at least 72 hours ahead, weekends and holidays counted; trips can be scheduled Monday–Friday 8–4:30 and Saturday 8–1.

Safety

Hiring safely in Berea

Agree the terms in writing first: the schedule, the hourly pay, which personal-care tasks are part of the job, how cash for groceries or prescriptions is tracked, and the notice period. Sign a timesheet together every week, keep checkbooks, cards and medications locked away, and set up withdrawal alerts with your parent's bank. Worried that an adult in Berea is being abused, neglected or exploited? Call Kentucky Adult Protective Services at (877) 597-2331 or (800) 752-6200, or 911 in an emergency; the online report form is for non-emergencies, and staff read it Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Eastern. For tax and wage duties, see the hiring guide. Federal Department of Labor guidance covers most direct care workers for minimum wage and overtime, with an overtime exemption, though no minimum wage exemption, for domestic workers living in the home.

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How it works

How to hire a private caregiver in Berea (no agency)

CaregiverConnect is a marketplace, not an agency: you hire the caregiver directly, which is why there is no agency mark-up on their hourly rate. That also means screening is your responsibility, and we tell you how.

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Pricing, plainly

What is free and what costs money

Browsing, posting and receiving applications are free. Messaging and confirming a hire are part of Family Premium ($24.99/month, cancel any time). No commission on what you pay the caregiver; see the pricing page.

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Find caregivers near Berea

Caregivers set a travel radius, so a caregiver based in a neighbouring town may well cover your home. These pages show who is nearby.

Find caregivers in Richmond, KY12 mi

Guides

Useful reading

How to get paid to care for a family member in Kentucky: Participant Directed Services · How to hire a private caregiver: cost, screening, taxes and a written agreement · Medicaid programs for family caregivers: who can be paid, and the rules in 12 states

Sources (checked 2026-10-27):

Questions

Hiring a caregiver in Berea: frequently asked questions

Could Kentucky Medicaid pay my brother to care for Mom in Berea?

It can, if she is on the HCB waiver and chooses PDS. CHFS lists friends, neighbors, certain family members and some provider agencies as people a PDS participant may hire, as long as each worker is 18 or older and passes a criminal background check. Your mother, or a PDS representative she picks, sends in timesheets, and a financial management agency pays the worker and withholds taxes. A PDS case manager helps with hiring and training.

How soon can the HCB waiver start?

Not right away: CHFS reports a waiting list, with places set by the date a completed application arrives. Medicaid financial eligibility comes first, so apply for that early. Meanwhile the Bluegrass ADRC can check whether the state Homecare program fits, and a privately hired caregiver can cover the gap.

What does in-home care cost in Berea?

Caregivers list their own hourly rates. Two useful markers are the $17.63 BLS median for aides in this part of Kentucky and the $33 an hour CareScout reports for agency care statewide. Expect hands-on personal care, nights and weekends to cost more than companionship.

Where can an older parent in Berea see a doctor about memory or falls?

Saint Joseph Hospital in Berea lists geriatric medicine through its Center for Healthy Aging, which works with older adults on memory loss, balance problems and medication concerns, alongside 24-hour emergency care. Ask your parent's physician about a referral.

How does my father get to dialysis if he has Medicaid?

Medicaid in Kentucky pays for medically necessary non-emergency trips to covered services if no free and suitable ride exists. Madison County trips go through Federated Transportation Services of the Bluegrass, booked 72 hours ahead; urgent trips run 24 hours a day. A private caregiver can drive instead if you settle mileage in advance.

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