Hobbs is our other home. Since 1997 — the same year we opened in Odessa — StarCare has maintained a second headquarters here in Lea County, serving families across Southeastern New Mexico with the same clinical standards, the same compassion, and the same commitment we’ve built our reputation on in Texas.
If you live in Hobbs, Eunice, Jal, Lovington, Tatum, or Monument, your care is coordinated from our Hobbs office at 1000 North Dalmont Street. When you call StarCare, you’re not calling a distant agency. You’re calling the team that lives and works in your community.
Hobbs is the largest city in Lea County and one of the fastest-growing communities in Southeastern New Mexico, with a population of roughly 50,000. It sits just across the Texas state line from the Permian Basin’s oil fields — a city built on energy, sustained by family, and enriched by a deeply bilingual, multicultural community.
Nearly 55% of Hobbs residents are Hispanic, and Spanish is spoken in homes across the city. Our Hobbs team reflects that reality — many of our nurses, aides, and caregivers are bilingual, and we serve families in the language they’re most comfortable with.
Hobbs is also one of the youngest cities in New Mexico, with a median age around 32. That means many families here are caring for aging parents while also raising children and working long shifts in the oilfield — a balancing act that home care is designed to support.
Because Hobbs is our New Mexico base, we offer the complete range of StarCare services here — all coordinated from a single office:
RNs provide wound care, medication management, post-surgical monitoring, and chronic condition oversight. We coordinate directly with Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital and Nor-Lea Hospital in Lovington, so care is ready the day your family member comes home.
Certified aides help with bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, and toileting — with the dignity and privacy your loved one deserves.
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy delivered in the house where your family actually lives. No clinic drive, no waiting room, no translating exercises back into a real living room.
Pain management, symptom control, and end-of-life support for patients and families across Lea County. Medicare-covered through StarCare Hospice, or available as private pay when families need more than the benefit allows.
One-on-one skilled nursing for complex cases — ventilator, tracheostomy, and high-acuity patients who need a nurse present, not just visiting.
Relief for the spouse who hasn’t slept in weeks. Company for the parent who eats alone. A few hours or overnight — whatever the family actually needs.
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital — 5419 N Lovington Hwy. Full-service acute care, ER, surgery, cardiac, OB.
Nor-Lea Hospital District — Lovington. Critical access hospital serving the broader Lea County region.
Discharge planning starts before your family member leaves the hospital. We know the case managers, we know the process, and we know how to get care in place fast.
Hobbs has good facilities — Desert Springs, White Sands, Good Samaritan, Autumn Leaves. They serve real needs. But for many families here, home is still the answer:
A parent with dementia who wanders less in familiar rooms
A veteran who refuses to leave the house he built
A spouse who wants to keep sleeping in the same bed
A family whose budget stretches further with part-time home care than a private facility room
Home isn’t always possible. But when it is, it’s usually better.
StarCare works with VA benefits, including Aid and Attendance, to help cover in-home care for Hobbs veterans. The Hobbs VA Clinic on North Dal Paso provides primary and specialty care, and the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services runs regular benefits events in Lea County. If you’re a veteran or caring for one, call us — we’ll walk through what’s available.
