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Always Best Care – Birmingham, AL

Always Best Care – Birmingham, AL

Always Best Care is the only home healthcare company in the state of Alabama to be accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Healthcare (ACHC). We serve hundreds of seniors and disabled individuals in Birmingham with skilled and non-medical services, including personal care, transportation, meal prep, med reminders and skilled care.

6 Office Park Circle, Suite 315, Birmingham, AL, 35223 35223

Phone:

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Zip Code: 35223

City: Birmingham

State: AL

  • Alzheimer's Care
  • Companion Care
  • Housekeeping
  • Dress & Grooming
  • Laundry
  • Incontinence Care
  • Bathing
  • Mobility Assistance
  • Medication Reminders
  • Respite Care
  • 24-Hour Care
  • Eating Assistance
  • Transfer to/from Bed
  • Exercise Assistance
  • Safety Supervision
  • Transportation
  • Hospital Discharge Assistance
  • Prescription Pick-Up
  • Doctor Visit Companionship
  • Grocery/Errand Assistance
  • Hospice Support
  • Cash
  • CreditCard
  • Workers' Compensation Insurance
  • Long-Term Care Insurance
  • Other Options

2024

Best of Home Care

Leader in Experience

(Formerly Leader in Excellence)

Awarded for superior client & caregiver satisfaction ratings.

2025, 2024, 2020

Best of Home Care

Provider of Choice

Awarded for outstanding client satisfaction ratings.

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Best of Home Care

Employer of Choice

Awarded for outstanding caregiver satisfaction ratings.

Agency Rating

  • Responsible P

    They provide personalized care. She had very low functionality from a fall and they helped her recover to functioning again. They knew her needs and could meet them.

  • G

    They let me know when schedule changes occur. He is able to go outside.

  • Patricia H

    I like that they have a good commitment to providing good caregivers. By being responsive to fix problems.

  • Lynda L

    They can have better communication with the nurses. Because of the day-to-day care being provided to the patient.

  • Anonymous

    Thy need to communicate better. I am pleased with the caregivers, but I would like more communication. It is easier to know that there is someone to help my mother with dementia.

  • Laurie V

    I like that the caregivers are very good with my parents. My parents live in a rural area and they have worked diligently to find a caregiver that would go out to them.

  • Mel R

    I like that I don't have to wait. When I call and say I need help, they are on it to get someone to me fast. They have done all that they can do. They do the best they can.

  • G

    I have already referred them, and they take care of my dad. It has a tremendous impact.

  • Bobby P

    I like the caregiver. I have had a good service with them for a long time. They could improve on getting someone out when my caregiver is sick.

  • Anonymous

    Their business model is difficult to work with. They let the workers commit to coming for one week and they do not assign anybody. They are very helpful, and the administrators do a wonderful job.

  • Andria C

    They never missed a shift. They sent highly trained people most of the time.

  • Pamela S

    The client is particular about the caregivers that are sent, she would like them to be older. The service helps me out tremendously as her caregiver.

  • Judy H

    The caregivers were very professional. The caregivers were very helpful to her.

  • Debbie P

    They have a high quality of service. They do the care giving now so I don't have to.

  • Bobby P

    They need more staffing. When they need to have fill-in caregivers if one cannot show up.

  • Mary J

    The agency hires good caregivers and they provided a great services. The caregiver is pretty hands-on with caring for my husband as he is on the wheelchair. They help with bathing and getting up from bed.

  • Falonda J

    I like the personalities of the caregivers. They are caring.

  • Deborah N

    They do whatever I ask them to. I can not walk without being in a wheelchair so I have to have care or else I would not be able to live at home.

  • Don C

    I like their ability to have someone here all the time. They help the most by having someone here to do light duty to take care of the patient

  • Eva B

    I like their flexibility. That is hard to say. She doesn't speak much. I like the interaction, and there could be more of that on the daily basis.

  • Angela T

    I guess it's because they come and do their duties. When I do call and make my arrangements I am always able to change the schedule that I need.

  • Debbie P

    They have really good caregivers that come on time, and they are kind to my dad. We have people taking care of things that he doesn't want us to take care of.

  • Margaret W

    They do a good job at communicating, and they are easy to get in touch with. They have honored all the requests we have and do a good job of placing the correct caregivers with my mother-in-law.

  • Alison E

    They are very responsive to what I have asked. They have given me time to get things done.

  • Anonymous

    I would want them to improve on the staff being taught to do things in every home. They need more organization before the caregivers go out to the home. Some of them do not bring their lunch and I eat at a different time. I have lived because of the services and the people. I had a lot of different caregivers that did not have their lunch. I have had over 30 caregivers in the past year.

  • Nancy C

    All the caregivers were very nice and took wonderful care of my mother. I live far away from her so it made my life easier to have someone there to look after her. It gave me peace of mind.

  • Ellen S

    I like that they have been sending nice folks out here. They help me with things like washing clothes and helping me cook.

  • Pamela S

    I like that they provide the same caregiver more often than not for my mom. There is nothing they can do to make her life easier. They take her to her doctor's appointments.

  • Susan M

    They are easy to work with. If something happens, I have someone to cover. They are always there, and they do what they are supposed to do.

  • Jen K

    I like this agency because they're very thorough and we have a great caregiver. My experience has been positive because they hire great people that we depend on.

  • Responsible P

    They are always reliable and competent. They would always take her where she needed to go, as well as help her recover from a serious fall.

  • Amy C

    I like that they are very well staffed. We haven't run into a staffing shortage. The most part we use them, my mom was in the hospital. They have been very aware of her medical complications. If we can just find one more day, person that is consistent.

  • Robert S

    I like that they constantly check on me. They are easy to talk with.

  • James H

    My issue has been that we had struggled to get consistent good caregivers. We went through a lot of caregivers that did not know their job, were not trained properly, and didn't want to do anything. Right now we are in a good place. The agency has helped with my husband, his physical therapy, and exercises to make our experience positive.

  • Enid D

    I like the way that they handle their customer service. I like the communication that they had.

  • Sandy B

    I would recommend this agency because I am always able to get in touch with the agency. It has been a positive experience because the caregivers are helping her get up since the client broke her knee.

  • Anonymous

    They're very attentive and reliable. I know they're there. Sometimes it's a little shaky depending on the situation, but all in all, they're extremely reliable. I would not say it has a real impact on his life. It's hard for anyone to impact his life, with his disease. I am not aware of efforts to engage or encourage them, because when they come I am not there.

  • Sandy B

    They are very accommodating. They are dependable.

  • Thomas B

    I would recommend Always Best Care, but I'm not a particularly good task master myself of handing out what work I think needs to be done, so they could have taken more initiative to undertake a broader program. The care was adequate, that's about all I can say. I didn't miss any meds and ate regularly. I was forgetting things and not disciplined enough to take my meds sometimes. I needed some people to remind me. My wife wanted to establish a longer-term relationship. We asked that someone come for a few hours in the morning, so I was eating and taking my morning meds. One of them was waiting to have me tell them what to do. It was only for eight days that the care was given.

  • G

    I have recommended them. They send quality people.