Finding dementia support in Greater Houston: where to start
When someone you love is living with dementia, the hardest part is often not the care itself — it's knowing where to turn first. Programs exist across Greater Houston for almost every need a family caregiver runs into. They're just scattered across county agencies, nonprofits, hospital systems, and legal-aid organizations, each with its own website, phone tree, and eligibility rules.
Daymark was built to put those programs in one place, organized by the need you have today — not by which agency happens to offer them. The directory currently lists 82 published resources from 37 organizations across Greater Houston, and every listing is source-checked against the program's own public page before it appears. You contact each organization directly to confirm details and get started; Daymark is the map, not the middleman.
Here is how the directory is organized, and where to start with each need.
Caregiver support — 12 resources
Support groups, caregiver education programs, a 24/7 helpline, and one-on-one care consultation. If you're not sure what you need yet, this is usually the right first door: the people who run these programs spend their days helping families figure out the next step.
Transportation — 14 resources
Medical and non-medical rides for people who can no longer drive safely: paratransit services, county ride programs, and Medicaid transportation. Eligibility and booking windows vary by program, and each listing states them in the program's own words.
Medicaid / waiver — 11 resources
Plain-language starting points for the programs that can help pay for care: STAR+PLUS, benefits counseling, the Aging and Disability Resource Center, and 211 Texas. These listings explain what each program is and how to start an application or screening — they are not legal or eligibility advice, and the administering agencies make every determination.
Meals — 10 resources
Home-delivered meals and congregate lunch programs across Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, including Meals on Wheels providers and senior food-box programs.
Legal — 10 resources
Free and low-cost legal help for the paperwork side of dementia care: elder-law legal aid, property-preservation help, and the long-term care ombudsman program. These are attorney and advocate services offered by the organizations themselves; Daymark lists them, it doesn't provide legal advice.
Home safety — 9 resources
Home-repair and safety programs that help a person with dementia stay in their own home longer: critical home repair, weatherization, and in-home support programs run by counties and nonprofits.
Respite — 8 resources
Short-term care that gives a family caregiver a break: in-home respite, adult day programs with respite options, and agency respite services. A few hours of coverage can be the difference between coping and crisis.
Adult day — 8 resources
Structured daytime programs for people with dementia — supervision, activities, and meals during the day, home at night. For many families this is the first formal support they use.
How Daymark keeps this honest
- Every listing is source-checked. A resource appears only after its program is verified on the organization's own public page, and listings are re-verified on a monthly cycle. If a program page disappears or stops showing the program, the listing comes down.
- No facilities. Daymark lists programs and services only — no residential facilities or memory-care homes.
- No paid placement in the free listings. What you see is what's verified, in the order it helps.
- Corrections are public. If you spot something out of date, the site's "Report an update" path (daymark.fit/report) sends it straight to the operator.
The short version
You don't have to solve everything at once. Pick the one need that's pressing today — a ride, a meal, a break, a benefits question — and start there. The rest of the map will still be here when you need it.
Browse the full directory: daymark.fit
Daymark is a Greater Houston dementia-support resource guide, operated by JR. Poland, The Woodlands, TX. Listings are source-checked against each program's public page; contact organizations directly to confirm details and availability.