Always There Home Care

    2546 Berwyn Rd, Columbus, OH 43221

    Compassionate professional 24-hour dementia care

    I hired Regina McNamara's team and was very satisfied - compassionate, professional caregivers who felt like family, provided dependable 24-hour care, transportation, and thoughtful dementia support. They were responsive, kept us informed, and gave our family real peace of mind. I highly recommend them.

    Loved one of client
    May 2026

    Services

    • Home Health Care

    Reviews

    4.40·(57)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Caregivers

      4.5
    • Communication

      3.6
    • Reliability

      3.5
    • Scheduling

      3.8
    • Value

      2.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful caregivers
    • Family-like caregiving teams
    • Skilled, qualified aides
    • Responsive last-minute and urgent staffing
    • 24-hour/around-the-clock care availability
    • Fast initial consult and care setup
    • Transportation and non-emergency services
    • Dementia engagement and client advocacy
    • Personalized, holistic care plans
    • Proactive office problem-solving
    • Regular family updates and warm communication
    • Perceived good value and reasonable cost

    Cons

    • Inconsistent caregiver assignments and high turnover
    • Unreliable shift coverage and missed appointments
    • Office communication and phone-response gaps
    • Scheduling and coordination disorganization
    • Privacy- and safety-protocol lapses
    • Variability in staff professionalism during intake or shifts
    • Billing and invoicing delays or transparency issues

    Summary of reviews

    The overall tenor of these reviews is mixed but leans positive regarding the direct care experience. Many families emphasize the agency's compassionate, respectful aides who form close, family-like relationships with clients. Reviewers frequently praised skilled caregiving for dementia and advocacy, a holistic approach that includes mental and spiritual supports, and practical services such as transportation and non-emergency assistance. Several accounts highlight rapid onboarding, fast initial consults, and the ability to provide 24-hour coverage or rapid last-minute staffing when needs change.

    Caregiver quality is a clear strength for many clients: aides are described as kind, attentive, and capable of delivering personalized care that supports independence and family peace of mind. Multiple reviewers credited the team with good dementia engagement, consistent communication with families, and a willingness to tailor services to the client's lifestyle. The office is also credited in numerous comments for proactive problem-solving and helpful relocation or care-planning support.

    At the same time, there are recurring operational concerns that prospective clients should weigh. Reviews point to uneven reliability in scheduling: examples include missed appointments, no-shows, frequent staff changes, and variability in assignment continuity. These items coalesce into an agency-level pattern of inconsistent caregiver assignments and occasional failures in shift coverage. Office responsiveness is similarly variable across reports—while some families describe quick callbacks and efficient coordination, others note unreturned calls, slow phone response, or abrupt interactions during intake.

    Management and administrative areas show both strengths and weaknesses. Several reviewers praised reasonable cost, long-term relationships with the agency, and an efficient office when it functions well. Conversely, there are patterns suggesting disorganized scheduling coordination and some billing or invoicing delays that can create friction. A subset of reviewers raised more serious concerns, including allegations of dishonest behavior and privacy or safety breaches; these complaints appear less frequent but are notable and warrant direct inquiry by prospective clients.

    In summary, Always There Home Care appears to offer strong, compassionate direct care and useful ancillary services for families seeking personalized, at-home support—particularly for dementia care and around-the-clock needs. However, the agency shows variability in operational consistency: staffing stability, scheduling reliability, office communication, and administrative follow-through are uneven across experiences. Families considering this provider should ask specific questions about caregiver consistency, contingency coverage plans, privacy and safety protocols, and billing practices during intake to determine whether the agency's strengths align with their priorities.

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    Always There Home Care is located at 2546 Berwyn Rd, Columbus, OH 43221.

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