Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) for Home Care in New Albany, MS

The nearest Medicare-certified nursing homes to New Albany are Union Co Health And Rehab Center, Inc in New Albany (0.9 mi), New Albany Health & Rehab Center in New Albany (1.3 mi), Sunshine Health Care, Inc in Pontotoc (15 mi). Nursing homes employ many of the area’s CNAs, and CNAs who want home care work often come from them.

Aides in Mississippi earn a median $11.47 an hour (BLS, May 2025, home health and personal care aides). Mississippi has no state minimum wage law, so the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (U.S. Department of Labor).

New Albany has about 319 residents aged 85 or older, the group most likely to need hands-on help with bathing, transfers and toileting.

At the Mississippi median aide wage of $11.47 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $994 a month in wages, which is 25% of the $4,023 monthly median income of New Albany households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Mississippi has no state minimum wage law, so the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (U.S. Department of Labor).

Hiring directly, you agree the rate with the caregiver and usually become the household employer (U.S. Department of Labor rules). Some families qualify for programs that pay for care at home; see Medicaid programs for family caregivers: who can be paid, and the rules in 12 states.