Housecalls Hospice

    37 12th St, Parkersburg, WV 26101

    Godly, compassionate, professional in-home care

    I'm very grateful for the loving, professional in-home care I received-Erick and the team were Godly, compassionate, and deeply understanding. The bath aide was awesome and the nurses attentive; their unmatched support made a hard time easier, with only minor room for improvement.

    Loved one of client
    May 2026

    Services

    • Hospice Care

    Reviews

    3.30·(10)

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Communication

      1.4
    • Reliability

      1.3
    • Scheduling

      1.3
    • Value

    Pros

    • compassionate caregivers
    • attentive nursing staff
    • supportive hospice team
    • help obtaining medical supplies
    • skilled personal-care/bathing aides
    • spiritual and emotional support from staff

    Cons

    • inconsistent caregiver quality
    • unreliable visit timing and late arrivals
    • limited visit frequency and rigid scheduling
    • poor office communication and responsiveness
    • end-of-life coordination and post-death procedure gaps
    • medication-management concerns
    • privacy and confidentiality process weaknesses
    • billing and hospice-coverage transparency concerns

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a polarized experience with this in-home hospice provider: several families highlight compassionate, attentive caregivers and a supportive team that provided emotional and spiritual support, while others describe operational and care-delivery shortcomings. Positive comments emphasize warm bedside manner from particular aides and nurses, practical help securing supplies, and moments of professionalism and empathy that families found meaningful.

    Caregiver quality appears inconsistent. Many families praised individual staff members for compassion and attentiveness; at the same time, others described poor bedside manner and conduct issues. This pattern indicates variability in staff performance and interpersonal skills rather than a uniformly strong or weak caregiving culture. There are also concerns about medication decisions and clinical follow-through that should be clarified during intake and care planning.

    Office communication and reliability are recurring themes. Multiple accounts raise concerns about late arrivals, missed or infrequent visits, and limited responsiveness from the office. Scheduling limitations (for example, once-daily visits and restricted daytime windows) contribute to perceived inflexibility. Several families reported that promised RN visits or specific services were not consistently delivered, suggesting gaps in scheduling coordination and supervisory follow-up.

    End-of-life coordination and post-death procedures are notable pain points in the feedback. Reviewers described gaps in what they expected for immediate post-mortem care and household coordination, and some indicated confusion about what hospice coverage would include. These remarks translate into operational weaknesses around post-death planning, family communication at the time of death, and transparency about hospice benefits and billing.

    Privacy and professional-conduct issues were raised alongside concerns about medication choices; these indicate a need for stronger policies and oversight around confidentiality, staff professionalism, and clinical decision-making. The overall pattern is mixed: a subset of families experienced compassionate, high-quality care and strong emotional support, while others encountered inconsistent caregiver performance, unreliable scheduling, and unclear communication about coverage and procedures.

    For prospective clients and families, useful questions to ask the agency include: how they ensure consistent caregiver quality and supervise clinical decisions, what their standard RN visit frequency and response-time expectations are, how scheduling flexibility is handled, what post-death procedures the agency provides, and how hospice coverage and billing will be explained. These steps can help set expectations and identify whether the agency’s operational practices align with a family's needs.

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    Housecalls Hospice is located at 37 12th St, Parkersburg, WV 26101.

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