Monument isn’t a city. It isn’t even really a town. It’s a place — an unincorporated community in northern Lea County, where the nearest hospital is a 25-mile drive, the nearest pharmacy is further than that, and the nearest neighbor might be a mile down a county road. Monument is the kind of place that gets left off most service maps.
StarCare didn’t leave it off ours. We’ve served families in and around Monument for years, coordinating from our Hobbs headquarters. If you live out here, you already know what it takes to make things work. We’re here to make one part of that easier.
Living in Monument means planning ahead. A trip to Hobbs for groceries is a half-day event. A trip to the ER is a decision you don’t make lightly. And when a family member comes home from the hospital after surgery or a serious diagnosis, the reality of that distance hits hard.
That’s where we come in. StarCare brings the clinical care to you — so nobody in your household has to make the drive for wound checks, medication management, or therapy sessions. Our nurses, aides, and therapists travel the roads between Hobbs and Monument regularly. We know the route. We know the weather. We know how to get there.
There’s no hospital in Monument. No urgent care. No nursing home. No assisted living. No senior center. For a family managing a parent’s illness or a spouse’s recovery, every resource is somewhere else.
StarCare fills that gap. Not by pretending we can replace a hospital — we can’t, and we won’t. But by bringing the care that doesn’t require one: skilled nursing, therapy, personal care, hospice, and the kind of steady presence that lets a family catch its breath.
What that looks like for Monument families:
Nurses who arrive on time, in any weather
Supplies delivered with the visit — no extra trips
Direct coordination with hospitals in Hobbs, Lovington, and Lubbock
No waiting for insurance authorization that assumes you live in a city
Wound care, medication management, post-surgical monitoring, and chronic condition oversight by registered nurses. We coordinate with Covenant Hobbs and Nor-Lea Lovington so care is ready the day your family member returns home.
Surgical incisions, diabetic ulcers, and pressure injuries treated by RNs with advanced wound training. In a rural setting, frequent skilled wound checks prevent the complications that send people back to the hospital.
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy delivered in your actual home — on your actual floors, through your actual doorways. No driving to Hobbs twice a week for a thirty-minute session.
End-of-life care for patients and families who want to spend final months at home. Pain management, symptom control, and support for the family — coordinated with hospice teams in Hobbs.
One-on-one skilled nursing for complex cases. For rural families, this often means the difference between staying home and moving a loved one into a facility hours away.
Bathing, dressing, mobility, and toileting support by certified aides. A steady presence for a parent who lives alone, a spouse who’s worn down, or a veteran who doesn’t want to leave his land.
Our Hobbs office is the operational base for all Monument visits. The team that serves you is the same team that serves Eunice, Jal, Lovington, and Tatum — nurses and aides who know Lea County roads, not city grids.
How coordination works:
Your intake call comes to our Hobbs office at 1000 North Dalmont Street
A nurse completes an initial assessment at your home
A care plan is built around your family’s routines, not a facility schedule
Visits are scheduled around weather, road conditions, and your household’s needs
Any hospital coordination runs through Hobbs, Lovington, or Lubbock discharge teams
We’re not a chain. We’re a small operation serving a small community. That’s the point.
For families in cities like Hobbs or Midland, home care is one of several choices. For Monument families, it’s often the only option that keeps a loved one close to home. The nearest skilled nursing facility is in Hobbs — a 25-mile drive each way, which means:
Daily visits become weekly visits
Familiar surroundings disappear
Spouses and children can’t drop by after work
The land, the animals, the routines — all gone
For many Monument families, that separation is unacceptable. Private pay home care makes staying home possible, with clinical support that matches what a facility can offer for everything except round-the-clock institutional care.
StarCare works with VA benefits, including Aid and Attendance, to help Monument veterans cover the cost of in-home care. The Hobbs VA Clinic 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.
