The 9 Best In-Home Care Agencies in Valley Stream, NY

We ranked the top nine in-home care agencies serving Valley Stream, NY. Every one holds an active New York Licensed Home Care Services Agency license in the New York State Department of Health public roster dated June 5, 2026, and each has at least 10 public reviews. They are ordered by the Care Close to Home Score, which combines the rating (adjusted for how many reviews stand behind it), the number of reviews, and the license check. The other 0 licensed agencies serving Valley Stream, NY are not listed here.

In-home care means non-medical help that lets an older adult keep living at home: bathing and dressing, meals, housekeeping, errands, medication reminders and company. It is usually paid for privately, with long-term care insurance, a Medicaid program or VA benefits, not by Medicare. Compare at least three agencies, and ask each whether caregivers are employees, how they are screened, who supervises them, the minimum hours and the hourly rate.

In New York, the median rate for in-home care is $35 an hour, about $3,033 a month for 20 hours a week (CareScout 2025).

The 7 agencies on this list are based in 2 ZIP codes; the busiest are 11581 (5 agencies) and 11580 (2 agencies). If Valley Stream has too few choices for your needs, the closest other cities we list are Lynbrook (3 agencies, about 2 miles away), Rockville Centre (3 agencies, about 3 miles away) and Hempstead (15 agencies, about 5 miles away).